Cover art for Your Age by Rina Sawayama
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Your Age Lyrics

[Verse]
Not a secret, not a problem
Not a symptom or cure
Not a villain, not a mistake
Not in the eyes of God
Not a weakness, not a failure
Not a saviour, oh no
Not a secret, not a problem (Problem, problem)

[Pre-Chorus]
I, I
(I ain't a number you can ever divide)
(You crossed the line by multiplying the lies)
(I survived the social suicide)

I, I
(Decisions were not mine)
(You closed me off, a jail personified)
(Yeah, I survived a social suicide)


[Chorus]
'Cause now that I'm your age, I just can't imagine
Why did you do it? What the hell were you thinking?
'Cause I'm not a secret and I'm not a problem
Why did you do it? What the hell were you thinking?


[Post-Chorus]
'Cause now that I'm your age
(Not a secret, not a problem, not a secret, not a martyr)
'Cause now that I'm your age
(Not a mistake, not a weakness, not a failure, not a problem)
'Cause now that I'm your age
(I survived the social suicide, not a secret, not a problem)
'Cause now that I'm your age
(Yeah, I survived the social suicide, not a failure, not a martyr)
[Bridge]
You know what?
We all have a monster inside of us
But we have a choice, we get to decide
But you, you fucked with my life

[Outro]
I (I)
I, I
(That will never be me, I can see you clearly)
(Yeah, you better fear me, yeah, you better fear me)
I
(Ooh, that will never be me, I can see you clearly)
(Yeah, you better fear me, yeah, you better fear me)
I, I
('Cause now that I'm your age, that will never be me, I can see you clearly)
(Yeah, you better fear me, yeah, you better fear me)

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Genius Annotation

social suicide: committing something that would hurt or destroy your reputation socially; doing something that would make you seem like a loser, weirdo, etc.. (urban dictionary)

In this song, Rina seems to talk about the older generation belittling her at her young age for being who she was. She then grows to be their age, not understanding the thought processes behind all the lies and shame she had to endure, hence, “surviving” the social suicide.

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