Numbers Game (Boys) Lyrics

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Blessed be the countdown

Blessed be the countdown

When you took your first steps at 10 months no one was surprised because you crawled your way out of your mother

At 8 you got your ass whooped over a green pencil sharpener

At 9 you got a lego set you always wanted. 13 is how old you were when you first kissed a girl

You got paid to tutor your neighbour's kids at 16 and you just knew you were meant to be rich

You didn't have a real girlfriend till you were 21 and when she broke your heart a year later it shook your world, but it didn't crush it

22 is the year you came face to face with the finality of death

Grief so overwhelming it collapsed your will to want to wake up

23 is the year you vowed never to be broke again

At 24 you paid a year's worth of rent

At 25 you grew out of ankles and bones into a body girls want to look at

You knew you were in love because you had lost count of the number of times you said 'I love you'

Your battery was 12% when the breakup message came through

You grew your hair 4.6 inches out in 17 months. 6 of your high school classmates have died

$5700 is the amount it took to buy your first car

At 28 you mapped your route to your first million

You're 31 when your mother asks you to shuffle your priority list

Her every word is scented in bible quotes

What does it profit a man to gain the world and lose his soul

God is in your life but you den am no be tight paddies like that

Your responsibility stretches out like a map at 33 but it feels good to know you have enough skin to cover it

Your late thirties are overwhelming

You're too busy to feel lonely

How is a kid like you supposed to parent a child

You cannot believe there's still more life to be lived

While you're adjusting the small boy inside for the big boy outside

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Blessed be the countdown

Blessed be the countdown

Is it just a numbers game or is time passing by

We cannot believe there's still more life to be lived