Verse 1: I'll always be age seventeen Wide eyed, with limbs still shaking At home alone, the dial tone Drags on for hours on end Hey Mom I'll take the van We'll drive it up and down the road Without a plan 'Cuz this is ending Chorus: Don't take me back It won't be the same Don't take me back It won't be the same Verse 2: We'll hit the spot Yeah, in a parking lot We've got all the space that we need I'm wishing for a few more weeks Unlike the moon this is going down Hey man we'll hop the fence You've got my back I've got the curse And its sinking in Yeah I'm sinking Verse 3: Hey Dad I'm sleeping in I'm dropping out when they step in All alone again And I'm done thinking Chorus: Don't take me back It won't be the same Don't take me back It won't be the same (I'll always be age seventeen) "I still can't tell if I'm speeding up man, I feel like there's no way for me like...the rhythms that I play."