The Blue Aeroplanes - Adulthood lyrics

I'm aging from the inside out Raging against the lightning of the day And every turn of the opposing sun Takes my childhood farther away I'm five and I look down Into the cracks between the pavement A fearful future rises up to grab me by the throat And everything I do will be understood When I make it to adulthood So here come the future Grinning and winking With his echoing promises stretching over the wrecked hills Like shrink-wrapped bright kiddy-coloured pylons When does your own skin betray you? I'm amazed at the world When did they change the pavements And make all the cracks disappear? Let invisible cables Carry more calculated fears To your future designer makeover desires Get your Forsyte Saga DVD's, electric tea-dances Your-to-own-touch-of-a-bu*ton-comfort-of-your-own-home It's time for you to own up Responsibility, mortgage, 2 kids You should be a grown-up by now Maturity! - The game show for all the family Where the questions are always the same But no one remembers the answers I'm five and I look down Into the cracks between the pavement A fearful future rises up to grab me by the throat And everything I do will be understood When I make it to adulthood So shall I fall from the climbing-frame And break my teeth on the hard, hard ground? Or shall I never show hurt But lose all dignity and blame heaven My temple vandalised by time? I'm five and I look down Into the cracks between the pavement A fearful future rises up to grab me by the throat And everything I do will be understood When I make it to adulthood