Don't put that thing too close to my head
  It took this long just to get ahead, he says
  He knows for sure, but that he can't decide
  Between his decency and this matter of pride
  So he's growing up on time, he's growing up in the middle...
  
  And it burns, and it burns, the sun burns
  Oh, now I can really feel it. How could you ever stand it?
  
  We've got the same ideas, we got the same old fears;
  Different colors sometimes, but hey, who cares?
  It's just years that shears our lives apart, like the
  Time you tried to teach your nephew to fart, he couldn't do it. PUSH!
  So he's growing up on time, I'm growing up in the middle...
  
  Oh, now I can really feel it. How could you ever stand it?
  I'm not the kind of person who would say it, if it wasn't the truth
  And then you go and tell a friend that her heart's on fire
  And it has no meaning.
  Now and only now I know the difference when you tell me
  There is no difference.
  So she's growing up on time, she's growing up in the middle...
  
  Now's the time to evaluate between the love you give
  And the love that you take.
  "It's not a matter of opinion, when it comes down to it,
  It's just a difference of opinion, that much I can take."
  So I'm growing up on time, I'm growing up in the middle...
  
  And it burns