Red eyes fly away from here every night   My intentions aren't unfair or unkind   How else could I purge my heart of this pillowed dream?   Arctic wind will be washed from my hair   Trading the forest for the city      Things will be different for you   Things will be different for you      When you're older, you'll look back   As you grow, you'll understand   Why I left      All I talk about is you since that day   Remember when I'd cry into my soup   And you would say that it's okay      So many things used to break my heart   I'd fall so easily   But you're younger and smarter   And harder than me      Things will be different for you   Things will be different for you      When you're older, you'll look back   As you grow, you'll understand   Why I left      I'm not comfortable in my own skin   Haven't found my finest hour   I can't dance, let alone sing before a crowd      Or write effortlessly   What I can't come out and say   When I do, I'll be just like you      Trading the forest for the city   Finding my way down the mountain   Finding my way to the sea      [Incomprehensible]      When you're older, you'll look back   As you grow, you'll understand   Why I left, you'll understand   You'll understand