[Verse 1]
Don’t get it twisted
Lean in
Listen I’m not the victim
This is the vision
To tear down the system
And rewrite the anthem
This is a symptom
A sign of resistance
It’s blood in a blister
I know that I’m gonna die when I’m older
But what is my life if I don’t have a mission

[Chorus]
I don’t wanna die staying in line and look alive
I don’t wanna live if I’m running for my life
I don’t wanna die
I don’t, I don’t wanna die
This is 25
Read the sign
Do not revive

[Verse 2]
21 going on 25
I will not live if I’m just surviving
A quarter of my life is dead
And so is the option of revising
Breathing in, living, and breathing out
The beat will go on when I’m not around now
The time that I spend is a moment so hold it
And focus on how we should opt to devote it
Alone in a grave for a century (Alone in a grave for a century)
Observing the value of misery
What does my life mean publicly
Now all my trophies are on display
I wear a disguise, so you think I’m sane
I tied a short fuse and I contemplate
Is it life or death that I hate?
[Chorus]
I don’t wanna die stay in line and look alive
I don’t wanna live if I’m running for my life
I don’t wanna die
I don’t, I don’t wanna die
This is 25
Read the sign
Do not revive

[Bridge]
Strong silent type as most dead man are
I wanna start a riot and a fire in my dead heart
I talk to myself, to myself all day
I don’t really wanna hear what I have to say though
When I was a kid I thought I might go far
Now I just feel lucky that I’m still at large
If I ever make it send them my regards
Cause I’m standing at the intersection waiting for the cars like
I’m super sensitive
I need a sedative
Time is venomous
Fighting is primitive, oh
Inverted negative
Not what you said it is
Am I a part of it?
Carved in a monument
I’m super sensitive
I need a sedative
Time is venomous
Fighting is primitive, oh
Inverted negative
Not what you said it is
Am I a part of it?
Carved in a monument
You can have your city life
But I’d be content to spend the rest of my life
Just a’lying here on my back drinking black coffee
And looking up at the stars, 50 miles from anything
You guys were singing a song about that
A night or two ago at the bunkhouse, Shorty, what was it?
Yeah hand me that guitar
Come on boys let’s sing it

[Chorus]
I don’t wanna die stay in line and look alive
I don’t wanna live if I’m running for my life
I don’t wanna die
I don’t, I don’t wanna die
This is 25
Read the sign
Do not revive
(I don’t wanna die
I don’t, I don’t wanna die)