My Own Universe

You said you'd tell me everything when I turned eighteen

I'm almost twenty-one and I still don't know what life means

Another year older not a step closer

Still looking for you over my shoulder

I know that you made your choice

But I miss your voice

And I'm having a hard time finding and keeping mine

I miss writing rhymes with you when I was a kid

And every now and then

It keeps getting harder to pick up my pen

And now I'm building my own universe

Without your help and never hearing about yours

Building my own universe

Without your help and never hearing about yours

I try to understand the calculus of difficult topics

But i just sit with my hands tucked in my back pockets

A man with a smile that lit up an entire room

How did none of us know what you were going through

I know that you made your choice

But I miss your voice

And I'm having a hard time finding and keeping mine

I miss us scratching off crossword lotto tickets every few days

Now I'm having a hard time staying between the lines

And now I'm building my own universe

Without your help and never hearing about yours

Building my own universe

Without your help and never hearing about yours

I know that you made your choice

But I miss your voice

And I'm having a hard time finding and keeping mine

I miss writing rhymes with you when I was a kid

And every now and then

It keeps getting harder to pick up my pen

And now I'm building my own universe

Without your help and never hearing about yours

Building my own universe

Without your help and never hearing about yours

You said you'd tell me everything when I turned eighteen

I'll be twenty one next week and I don't know what life means