Eighteen

by OK Koala

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I wrote this song about one of the biggest periods of change in my life. I was graduating from college and leaving behind everything that had become my home for the past few years to move to a different state where I knew no one. I knew this change was coming, and the inevitable forward movement of time made me wish I could go back in time to one of the best years of my life. Of course, the past was not as amazing as I remember it because nostalgia warps memories, but the terrifying inevitability of the future makes me wish I could go back to when I was just eighteen.

lyrics

Lyrics:

Only when I'm falling do I find a way to feel
If you're still awake
Could you tell me how much to care?
The solemn change in autumn feels so final, feels so real
Was it a waste
Spending my summer breathing all but air?
I'm caught in transition, everything's slipping by
I've run from goodbyes for long enough
My time is up

I wanna catch the raindrops in my hat
And pour them on my face
To wake me up 'cause I was slipping back
To an unfamiliar place
Well, maybe when we wake up, this will be over
And we will be replaced
With the versions of ourselves we wanted to be
When we were eighteen

I don't know where I'm headed, but I'm no longer standing still
It's been a ride
Then and now are now miles apart
I'm drawing towards my exit; the road ahead is all downhill
I'm screaming inside
Longing for how I remember the start
But memory's a liar; everything prior's done
The colors have run; they're turning black
No going back

I wanna catch the raindrops in my hat
And pour them on my face
To wake me up 'cause I was slipping back
To an unfamiliar place
Well, maybe when we wake up, this will be over
And we will be replaced
With the versions of ourselves we wanted to be
When we were eighteen
When we were eighteen
We're not eighteen ///

credits

released June 3, 2019
All instruments and vocals by Logan Flanagan
Tracked and mixed by Logan Flanagan
Mastered by Blake Burchette
Album cover photo by Logan Flanagan

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OK Koala Nashville, Tennessee

Warmly cathartic pop-punk/alternative band from Nashville, currently composed of Logan Flanagan, Carter Tarr, Rose Berry, and Caison Rogers

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