Days fly a little slow
Just shy of the get-go
My mindʻs wrapped around your face
But youʻve slipped by without a trace
Because Iʻm too young to understand
Yet not too young to know
That everything I love about you now
Was all that was meant to

When Iʻm 18
You say youʻre gonna love me
That Iʻll be ready for the world
And all the lies above me

Being a few months older
Will make me learn
Only so many hours from now
is how Iʻll earn your love.

But Iʻm seventeen
And I see differently
I see you and me
I see what I donʻt want to be

I donʻt want to be you
Looking down on my experience
Thinking age means maturity
While youth is only excitement

I donʻt want to be eighteen
Just to prove you this
That Iʻve loved as much as you have
That Iʻve cherished every kiss

The sting of perfection
That I watch in your eyes
Before you shy away from mine
The grip of affection
And the sorrow of goodbyes
Iʻve read every heartbeat
In less than eighteen yearsʻ time.

Iʻll be eighteen soon
But itʻs only just a day
I wonʻt prove myself
Just to have your way

I can wait until then, but I just want to breathe
Appreciate the warmth that your presence seems to bring
Your smiles giving me laughter and your holding nothing but my hand
And the siplicity of trust without needing more than that.

Be like me.
Be seventeen.
Be young and alive and see
I still contain your maturity.

Seventeen and taking it slow
But still watching wherever you go
Hoping you can still somehow know
That I somehow youthfully truly love you so

I ask for nothing in return
But your mindʻs eyes and nothing more
Just remember when I turn eighteen,
Iʻve felt this way before.

Iʻve felt it for you
And it made me better and happier
but if i donʻt feel this way when I turn eighteen,
Then i want to stay seventeen forever.