Half My Youth lyrics

[Intro]
(Oh my)
I'm starting to think this is what giving up feels like (Feels like)

[Verse 1]
I lost all my love for this earlier this year
And I've been feeling empty 'cause no one really cares
I put my heart into this and shed too many tears
Now I feel dead inside

[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause my life's turned into working for pennies for my art
And I've never had a love like this, fold and break apart
A passion turned to purpose, a purpose tuned to pain
Do I give it all up? Do I throw it all away?

[Chorus]
I wasted half my youth counting on the dream to come true
That keeps on running, a pit left in my stomach
From losing all this time and the love I left behind
It's a shame the life I'm living, everything I've given up

[Post-Chorus]
(Oh my)
I'm starting to think this is what giving up feels like (Feels like)
[Verse 2]
She said, "I lost all my love for us 'cause you were too damn much"
It's a three-person relationship and you don't give f*ck
But it's not that I don't care or crave that kinda love
But I've been burned by what I want and I've never felt more stuck

[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause my life's turned into working for pennies for my art
And I've never had a love like this, fold and break apart
A passion turned to purpose, a purpose tuned to pain
Do I give it all up? Do I throw it all away?

[Chorus]
I wasted half my youth counting on the dream to come true
That keeps on running, a pit left in my stomach
From losing all this time and the love I left behind
It's a shame the life I'm living, everything I've given up

[Bridge]
(Oh-oh) How my dreams turned to misery
(Oh-oh) And steal the innocence away from me
(Oh-oh) Feels like I'm giving up my destiny
(Oh-oh) And now that what I love's become the enemy

[Chorus]
I wasted half my youth counting on the dream to come true
That keeps on running, then, left in my stomach
From losing all this time and the love I left behind
It's a shame the life I'm living, everything I've given up