Your face in fluorescent
Looks different in the daylight
Like, was it a love affair
Or just a lot of late nights?
Like you had the speaking parts
But I guess I was the playwright, oh, oh, oh
I couldn't escape you
Like the airwaves of the bassline
And I couldn't erase you
Like a tattoo on [C7]my [A]waistline
If it was [Am7]a first kiss
How come it felt like [F]a snakebite? Oh, oh, oh
I wish I woulda seen it sooner
Why did it take me ages to [C7]say it?
I wasn't your cliché
Oh no, this is my [A]coming of age
Oh, oh, my [A]coming of age
Oh, oh, my [A]coming of age
I'm caught in new ground
And I'm burning all [Em]your CDs
Baby, I am the Iliad
Of course you [A7couldn't ɾead me
So, I'll leave you [A7behind
But that don't mean it's easy, oh, oh, oh
I wish I woulda seen it sooner
Why did it take me ages to [C7]say it?
I wasn't your cliché
Oh no, this is my [A]coming of age
I send my [A]silence away
Printing my [A]blood on [C7]the page
You stole my [A]love and [Bm]I paid
But you [A7couldn't keep
What you [A7couldn't take
I know I made you [A7the big star
I let you [A7butcher my [A]big heart
But it's my [A]song [Am]and [Bm]my [A]stage
And it's my [A]coming of age
Why did it take me ages to [C7]say it?
I wasn't your cliché
Oh no, this is my [A]coming of age
I wish I could've seen it
God, I wish I could've seen it
God, I wish I could've seen it
God, oh god, I wish that I could've seen it, god
