Coast Lines to Follow

Oh, you’re older than you look
And hard in your head
Not quite aged to perfection yet
How come everything turned so quickly
Into a shell of what used to be?
Have these 21 years really been that long?
As I remember
We all started out so strong
Can it really be that hard
To sing this quiet song?
You followed coastlines
With your eyes so full of hope
Waving flags of uselessness
They’re burning bright for nothing
They try to teach us that the truth is made up
Even with coastlines to follow in the hardest trials
Those not broken are swallowed