Rockaway Beach (Concept Album Songbook)

To My Dear Younger Self

𝑺𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 "𝑶𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒂" 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝑶𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒂𝒔, 𝒔𝒐 𝑰 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆, 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕! 𝑨𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 "𝑨𝒅𝒅𝒚" 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒊𝒓𝒍 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 

Verse 1 

Dear Addy, put your anger to rest 

Put down your worries that lay in your crest

You think I'd know by now, the question is why 

Dear Addy, why do the jokes still linger in your mind 

Chorus 

If I could talk to my younger self, I'd say 

Put down your worries and keep safe 

There's a lot going on in your mind 

So to my dear younger self, put the jokes aside 

Verse 2 

If Kody could see where you're at now 

She'd think you're foolish 

So dear Kody, I would never be that kind person to throw punches 

I think that Cleo would disagree 

She would smile and wave while everybody becomes part of your pedigree 

Chorus 

If I could talk to my younger self, I'd say 

Keep the fools locked away 

In your heart, in your mind, and in your soul, while you cry 

To my dear younger self just please the screenplay 

Bridge 

Alessia, you're just girl who makes it out alive

You wanna shine so bright 

But you fail to recognize 

The true innocence of life 

So take off your counterfeit armor 

Because you don't want to dishonor 

The girl and the archer 

Chorus 

If I could talk to my younger self, I'd say 

Stop throwing stones and living yesterday 

The future is now, stop being astray 

So to my dear younger self, you're finally okay

Outro 

As I smile and politely longed to be wanted 

Cade just wanted to be promised 

And I am promised