Only yesterday, I was twenty
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I caressed time and played with life
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Not counting on my days slipping away in time
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I made so many plans that stayed up in the air
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I founded so many hopes that flew away
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That I'm left lost not knowing where to go
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Eyes searching the sky but heart buried
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Only yesterday I was twenty
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I wasted time thinking I could stop it
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And to hold it back, even beat it
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I just kept running and got breathless
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Ignoring the past, conjugating in the future
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I led every conversation
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And I gave my opinion, sure it was right
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To criticize the world offhandedly
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Only yesterday I was twenty
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But I wasted my time doing crazy things
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Which leave me deep down with nothing very clear
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Just a few wrinkles on my brow and the fear of boredom
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Because my loves died before they could live
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My friends have left and won't come back
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Through my fault I've emptied all around me
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And I've wasted my life and my youthful years
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Of the best and worst, I threw away the best
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I froze my smiles and I iced my tears
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Where are they now, now my twenty years?