Daniel Johns - Cicada lyrics

When he was just a little boy He only had one favourite toy And he had nothing on his mind He never left anything behind No As he got older, things got worse Like he'd been born under a curse Things started to fall apart They weren't like they were at the start No, it's like a civil war Growing up It's like a civil war Don't turn away It's something you can't ignore Growing up It's like a civil war And now that he was in his teens He'd started to learn what life means Problems were still appearing They didn't look like disappearing No