When I was younger, you told me I should get my *** together So life is a painting, but all your colours always bleed together Ooh, but all the times you said I wasn't just quite right Ooh, and all I'm trying to do is search for a light When you said, look for your sunshine, it's not there I told myself that I don't care I found some new elevations Might just be my imagination But people can dream When I was younger, you told me I should get my *** together So life is a painting, but you ain't Jean-Michel, man, you ain't clever Ooh, but all the times you said I wasn't just quite right When you said, look for your sunshine, it's not there I told myself that I don't care I found some new elevations Might just be my imagination But people can dream But people can dream But people can dream Yeah In my dark days of life, it might have been just a dream But in these dark days and nights, I'll be more than what you've seen In my dark days of life, it might have been just a dream But in these dark days and nights, I'll be more than what you've seen When I was younger, you told me I should get my *** together When I was younger, so why you can't just always be together People can dream People can dream People can dream