I Was Never Young
I was never young even as a child,
I was never young, I always felt beguiled,
No, I just never smiled,
But you, you have a glow, glow from an innocence I'll never know.
'Cause I was never young even as a boy,
No, I was never young, kindness seemed a ploy to temper or alloy,
But you, you have a mind full of a wonderment I'll never find,
'Cause I was never young.
Ever since I was a kid I've been a brutal basket cast,
Ever since I was a kid I've been a brooding basket case.
Nunca fui joven
Nunca fui joven, incluso siendo niño,
Nunca fui joven, siempre me sentí engañado,
No, simplemente nunca sonreí,
Pero tú, tú tienes un brillo, brillo de una inocencia que nunca conoceré.
Porque nunca fui joven, incluso siendo un niño,
No, nunca fui joven, la amabilidad parecía un ardid para templar o aleacionar,
Pero tú, tú tienes una mente llena de una maravilla que nunca encontraré,
Porque nunca fui joven.
Desde que era niño he sido un cesto brutalmente arrojado,
Desde que era niño he sido un caso de cesto sombrío.