Tried As An Adult Lyrics - Singles - Gie Few

You will be tested in your beliefs 

You will be shaken under your foundation 

You will be forced to defend the guilty 

You will be witness to the birth of a new nation 

You will be tardy before your time 

You will have everything you need in the world 

You will be asked for your honest opinion 

& then be sorely misunderstood 

You will be fearless in the eyes of pain & guilt 

but shameful in the eyes of yourself 

You will be tried as an adult, but you've committed no crime 

You will be cautioned without explanation 

You will spend weeks upon weeks in queue 

You will be expected, but never asked it 

You will waste time & chalk it up to paying dues 

You will be everything you thought you never wanted 

You will catch grief from the passing heads 

You will be poorly translated & then 

You will be blamed for things you never said 

You will be made to play the game & then 

the game will change unannounced 

You will be tried as an adult, but you've committed no crime 

You will be tempted by uncertain freedom 

You will be overruled again & again 

You will be hero in the mind of a stranger 

but then be forced to wear the lampshade now & then 

You will look up at the moon & stars at night 

& ask God 'is this all that I get?' 

You will be tried as an adult, but you've committed no crime