Alec Benjamin
Older lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2021
- Genre
- Pop, Indie Pop
- Length
- 2:45
I'm not prepared for the future
So many things that I just don't know
I cut my hair, bought a new shirt
New pair of shoes, and it's time to go
I finally found an apartment
Signed a lease on a car this month
I can't go back to the start now, time doesn't slow down
I'm on my own
Guess my childhood is over
Now I'm taking down the posters
And I'm putting all my things inside a box next to a toaster
That's my closest thing to closure
I can't stop this roller coaster
I'm not ready to get older, I'm not ready to get older
Guess my childhood is over
Now I'm taking down my posters
And I'm telling all my friends we'll get together next October
That's my closest thing to closure
I can't stop this roller coaster
I'm not ready to get older, I'm not ready to get older
Never thought I'd be 20
And 30 don't seem so far away
I know I gotta make a little money, then maybe find somebody
To call my own
Mmm, I'm not ready, but I
Can't go back in time
I know it's all out of my control, now I know
Guess my childhood is over
Now I'm taking down my posters
And I'm putting all my things inside a box next to a toaster
That's my closest thing to closure
I can't stop this roller coaster
I'm not ready to get older, I'm not ready to get older
Guess my childhood is over
Now I'm taking down my posters
And I'm telling all my friends we'll get together next October
That's my closest thing to closure
I can't stop this roller coaster
I'm not ready to get older, I'm not ready to get older
Guess my childhood is over
One day I'll be buying posters for my kids
Just like my parents did for me, it's never over
They'll grow up and soon enough
They'll wish that time would just move slower
I'm not ready to get older, I'm not ready to get older
Guess my childhood is over
Now I'm taking down the posters
And I'm putting all my things inside a box next to a toaster
That's my closest thing to closure
I can't stop this roller coaster
I'm not ready to get older, I'm not ready to get older
I'm not prepared for the future
So many things that I just don't know
I cut my hair, bought a new shirt
New pair of shoes, and it's time to go
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Key vocabulary
- little
- small in sizeA1
- make
- create or produceA1
- maybe
- perhapsA1
- money
- coins and banknotesA1
- move
- change positionA1
- one
- a single numberA1
- parents
- mother and fatherA1
- shoes
- footwear covering feetA1
- slow
- not fastA1
- somebody
- a personA1
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About this song
Alec Benjamin is an American singer-songwriter known for earnest, mellow pop that blends folk-pop songwriting with electronic production. Born in Arizona, he rose to prominence with “Let Me Down Slowly” featuring Alessia Cara and later released These Two Windows in 2020 and “Demons” in 2020.