Growing Up, Growing Cold

from Bitter. Jaded. Hopeless. Faded. by A Constant Refrain

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.

Purchasable with gift card

name your price

lyrics

It all happens so fast, before you even know,
I'm just hoping for that feeling from years ago.
You say I'm growing up? Well, I'm just growing cold.
Jaded well before I'm 25 years old.

Go from 'change the world' to 'play it safe'
It's so easy to get led astray.
Punching clocks and reading screens,
Is this how it's supposed to be?
The allure of getting by,
we leave our dreams, deferred to die.
We've become resigned to fate,
I can only hope it's not too late.

It's bearing down so hard until it makes us plead,
"Just leave me here to die, oh please just leave me be."
The walls are closing in, there's hardly room to stand,
no bargaining will satisfy its demands.

Go from 'change the world' to 'play it safe'
It's so easy to get led astray.
Punching clocks and reading screens,
Is this how it's supposed to be?
The allure of getting by,
we leave our dreams, deferred to die.
We've become resigned to fate,
I can only hope it's not too late.

Open my heart to a new way.
Keep me looking for better days.
Open my heart to a new way.
Keep me living for better days.

credits

from Bitter. Jaded. Hopeless. Faded., released August 17, 2013

license

about

A Constant Refrain Berkeley, California

Hardcore for those who don't want to stay posi

contact / help

Contact A Constant Refrain

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like A Constant Refrain, you may also like:

It Doesn't Matter If It's Cool
by Basic Bitches

Punchy garage rock that reaches back to '90s riot grrrl and queercore for its grit, snarl, and righteous riffs. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 18, 2023
go to album
2 Much Power
by Piss Me Off

featured on Bandcamp Radio Aug 18, 2023
go to album
The Language Of Injury
by Ithaca

On their debut record, the London hardcore upstarts cross-up mosh-ready fare with melancholic ambient passages, weeping guitars, and virtuosic vocal harmonies, but its romantic veneer is much more complicated than it seems. Bandcamp Album of the Day Jan 30, 2019
go to album
Dichoso Corazon
by Choked Up

Bouncy, lovelorn pop-punk from NYC punk illustrator Cristy C. Road and compatriots. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 3, 2019
go to album
You Look A Lot Like Me (2016)
by Mal Blum

The quirky, smart Brooklyn singer-songwriter is offering all their albums for Pay What You Want for today only. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 7, 2016
go to album
Trust Your Gut
by Worriers

The songs on the latest from Worriers hurtle forward breathlessly, with hook after hook topped by scorching vocal melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 16, 2023
go to album
Shake Me Awake
by Whisper Hiss

Colossally good New Wave out of Portland, with the nerviness of Kleenex poured into hooky pop songs. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 30, 2023
go to album