I tried to die young Really I tried But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb I laugh at the things I've done When I tried to die young I took a plane through the dawn Threw myself on the tracks But the train didn't come and I had to walk back I jumped into the whirlpool thought I get s**ed in I just kept spinning around 'til I learned how to swim I tried to die young Boy, did I tried But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb And I laugh at the things that I've done When I tried to die young My heart kept on breaking And the crack sought the edge Where the hand of a shadow grabbed the hand in my head There where demons, I know them And they still come by But we've become friends, my demons and I I tried to die young Really I tried But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb And I laugh at the things that I've done When I tried to die young
I took a razor to the wrist of reality Hell bent on my way toward futility I got a reason to believe that it won't go on forever But reason to the heart is a message undelivered I tried to die young Really, really I tried But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb And I laugh at the things I've done When I tried to die young Now I'm the old girl I never thought I'd become Does it get any better asks the little girl in my song I'm still learning the answers so I make up things, you see She laughs, you're still the same and you never k** me I tried to die young Really I tried But the voice deep inside would not let me succumb And I laugh at the things I've done When I tried to die young Oh, I laugh at the things I've done Oh, I laugh at the things I've done I laugh at the things I've done When I tried to die young I tried to die young