Trial Of The Century Lyrics - Good Riddance

What does it mean when youe sixteen 

The world a cold and lonely place 

But youe still kicking 

Every door down in the place 

The war of words theye so upright 

You pass a hundred sleepless nights 

And the worst is yet to come or so they say 

Here comes seventeen 

And just beyond 

There tolerance and empathy 

To protect you from them all 

A stand of evergreen 

Just like the places we would always talk about 

To catch you when you fall 

You hear a knock outside the door 

It never rains here anymore 

So now there nothing new 

To was away the pain 

A frightened face your clouded mind 

The memories youe trailed behind 

And seventeen still feels light years away 

Nobody seems to understand you 

As your grasping for that innocence 

Sequestered in your mind 

Was it guilt or were they blind 

All this time