Used To Be Young
I got in the car yesterday, leaving a client’s home. Used To Be Young popped on the radio. I had heard good things about this song, but I had yet to actually listen to it. I’ll share the lyrics below.
Here’s what struck me… this is me. This hit me as a song for me… for me to understand why I feel so different than I used to, just even a few years ago.
I’ve been noticing a desire to “get back to the me I used to be” maybe pre-covid, maybe even earlier, I can’t say for sure what that date I’ve been wanting to return to is exactly. But it was a ‘me’ that was more socially active, more sexually active, just more.
I spent some time with some fellow Cuddlist practitioners in Upstate NY this summer and during a bonfire ritual, we wrong things we wanted to let go of on pieces of paper, and threw them into the fire. Someone went before me and wanted to let go of a desire to return to an earlier version of themselves. It resonated so hard and I felt inspired to do the same. It was time to let that go.
I met my partner in late 2015. I wasn’t working at the time. I was going to social events 4 nights a week. I felt more outgoing. I was involved in the kink community heavily. I was playing at parties. I was connecting all over the place.
I was new to not being married. I was hanging with 20-somethings because they seemed closest to where I was in life. I was figuring out who I was as an adult. I was figuring out who I was in general. I had never been able to openly explore myself in my previous 40 years. This was all so new, this life of independence!
Today I have a career. I have a passion for that career. I LOVE what I do and how I show up in the world in my work. And I’ve been beating myself up a bit that I’m not super involved in the kink community, that I don’t go out often (I’m quite the homebody), and I’m basically monogamous in my relationship agreements.
AND, and… this song reminded me that I’ve grown up. I’ve changed. It all makes sense. I don’t NOT like the person I am right now, I was just confused by the change. I’m following my yes, asserting my no, and practicing great self-care, especially for my inner child. I’m not young anymore. I’m practiced. I’m rich in experience. I’ve explored and I’m settled into peace and joy.
(Lyrics):
[Verse 1]
The truth is bulletproof, there's no foolin' you
I don't dress the same
Me and who you say I was yesterday
Have gone our separate ways
Left my livin' fast somewhere in the past
'Cause that's for chasin' cars
Turns out open bars lead to broken hearts
And goin' way too far
[Chorus]
I know I used to be crazy
I know I used to be fun
You say I used to be wild
I say I used to be young
You tell me time has done changed me
That's fine, I've had a good run
I know I used to be crazy
That's 'causе I used to be young
[Verse 2]
Take onе, pour it out, it's not worth cryin' 'bout
The things you can't erase
Like tattoos and regrets, words I never meant
And ones that got away
Left my livin' fast somewhere in the past
And took another road
Turns out crowded rooms empty out as soon
There's somewhere else to go, oh
[Chorus]
I know I used to be crazy
I know I used to be fun
You say I used to be wild
I say I used to be young
You tell me time has done changed me
That's fine, I've had a good run
I know I used to be crazy
That's 'cause I used to be young
[Bridge]
Oh
Oh
Oh woah, oh woah
Oh woah, oh, yeah
Woah
Woah
Oh woah, oh woah
Oh woah, oh
[Chorus]
I know I used to be crazy
Messed up, but, God, was it fun
I know I used to be wild
That's 'cause I used to be young
Those wasted nights are not wasted
I remember every one
I know I used to be crazy
That's 'cause I used to be young
You tell me time has done changed me
That's fine, I've had a good run
I know I used to be crazy
That's 'cause I used to be young
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I know I used to be crazy
I know I used to be fun
You say I used to be wild
I say I used to be young
You tell me time has done changed me
That's fine I've had a good run
That's 'causе I used to be young
I used to be young
Used To Be Young
