A lyrical monologue about feeling overwhelmed by expectations and treading water, balanced against a promise of a brighter future together. The speaker recalls "someday when we're older" as a vision of shining, unity, and lasting happiness.
Some days I'm treading the water and feel like it's getting deep. Some nights I drown in the weight of the things I think I need. Sometimes I feel incomplete, but you always say to me, say to me, Oh, you say someday when we're older we'll be shining like we're gold. Yeah, won't we? Won't we? And someday when we're older, I'll be yours and you'll be mine, babe. Happy, happy, happy. Oh, you say someday when we're older
