Platonic Irony(Wasting the Youth)

## Chorus (2x)

Platonic irony, divine dichotomy

Searching for faith in a world of atrocity (no irony)

Hands reaching out with nobody catching you(nobody)

Building your walls as your heart keeps shattering

Raised by the streets when your home was empty(find a home)

Fighting these demons nobody else can see(only you)

More than your history, breaking these chains (try,try)

Finding your strength through the struggle and pain(try,try)

## Verse 1

"Platonic, ironic" — you claim you're agnostic

Haven't found God yet? That's just how you process it

Would take more than Jesus to flip your perspective

Some days I see you headed for corrections, it's respective

School on Saturdays, always catching detentions

But I can't blame you with all your life's tensions

Mom's locked in her room, chasing highs in seclusion

Dad always working, comes home seeking exclusion

Time keeps ticking, nobody watched you grow

Out on these streets since thirteen, solo

Had to raise yourself, that's a heavy load to shoulder

World getting colder as the pain gets older

## Verse 2

It's a trying ordeal no child should know

How it feels when there's nowhere safe to go

No guidance had you falling for the first guy who showed love

Didn't matter his age or looks from above

All that mattered was he actually stayed

Unfortunately that man wasn't great

But fear kept you there, clutching tight to his frame

Scared of that loneliness your parents let reign

They failed you, neglected the seeds that could grow

Damned your potential before it could show

Made you something other than what you could be

Left you home alone when you needed family

## Bridge

Now you're stuck in this cycle, can't break these chains

Holding onto someone who brings nothing but pain

'Cause at least it's something, at least it's not empty

At least when he calls you, somebody remembers you exist

## Chorus (Repeat)

Platonic irony, divine dichotomy

Searching for faith in a world of atrocity (no irony)

Hands reaching out with nobody catching you(nobody)

Building your walls as your heart keeps shattering

Raised by the streets when your home was empty(find a home)

Fighting these demons nobody else can see(only you)

More than your history, breaking these chains (try,try)

Finding your strength through the struggle and pain(try,try)

## Verse 3

Platonic irony, your faith's still in question (where)

Growing up too fast with the wrong life lessons(Is God)

Streets taught you more than your home ever could(Is he here)

Surviving day to day, misunderstood(the streets?)

Not just somebody's baby mama in this story(I know)

You're more than labels they tried to force on you, it's glory(he's not home)

Behind that hardened stare, I see the child within

Wanting what we all do — to be loved again

They left you empty, a story untold

When all you needed was a hand to hold(See)

A chance to bloom beyond these broken roots(he's inside you)

A life where love isn't just substitute(look inside you)