Exactly - Punchline

I am awake

Finally unafraid

My dues are paid

Gone are the days I displayed

No rhyme because good times could go too quickly

No reason pleased only by love

No understanding of this human species

But where I was

Begged a why with no because

Now I’m exactly what I used to be afraid I’d become

And I’m exactly where I used to be afraid I’d belong

I feel like I reflect as if I’ve entered yesteryear

When just yesterday I appeared to be

Somebody with no fears

Of ever growing up

I loved being stuck

Sometimes I wish I was there

No rhyme because good times could go too quickly

No reason pleased only by love

No understanding of this human species

But where I was

Begged a why with no because

Now I’m exactly what I used to be afraid I’d become

And I’m exactly where I used to be afraid I’d belong

Life’s not over

It’s finally mine to own

My fears of the fall are gone

I had no idea

Still just me now

Anticipation of the worst was simply wrong

Yeah I was afraid

I was afraid I’d become just like them

Now just the fear of growing up and becoming that

It almost killed me

'Cause I had some plans when I was a kid

I made some promises to myself

Promises I began to feel I couldn’t deliver on as I grew older

But you know what?

looking back

I love that hopeful kid

Enough to prove to him

That nothing can take away that hope

nothing can take away his vision

And just because my world is dead

I came to fight to that noble end

Gonna keep my eyes wide,

walk outside

stay myself inside

And I’m exactly what I used to be afraid I’d become (And I belong)

And I’m exactly where I used to be afraid I’d belong (And I belong)

And I’m exactly what I used to be afraid I’d become (And I belong)

And I’m exactly where I used to be afraid I’d belong (And I belong)