[Intro: fingerpicked acoustic guitar, soft vinyl crackle, 8 bars] [Verse 1] Found an old polaroid underneath the couch A faded little square that time forgot about It's you and me on someone's rooftop late in June The city down below us humming out of tune Your eyes are half shut, laughing at a joke I can't remember what it was, the memory is smoke But the feeling's still there, warm against my chest Like a sweater that you borrowed and I never got back [Pre-Chorus] Funny how a photograph can hold so much weight A single frozen second from a long-forgotten date [Chorus] Old polaroid, tell me where the time has gone From rooftop nights to quiet Sunday songs The colors fade but the feeling stays so strong Old polaroid, you've been here all along Old polaroid, a little out of frame The edges bent, the faces not the same But if I hold you up against the light just right Every little memory comes back to life tonight [Verse 2] I wonder if you kept the one you took of me Standing by the jukebox trying to look carefree I wasn't any good at it, you told me so "Stop posing, just be normal," and I didn't know That normal was the thing I'd miss the most someday The ordinary Tuesday afternoon away From everything that made us feel like we were young The stupid little dances and the stupid little songs [Pre-Chorus] Funny how a photograph can hold so much weight A single frozen second from a long-forgotten date [Chorus] Old polaroid, tell me where the time has gone From rooftop nights to quiet Sunday songs The colors fade but the feeling stays so strong Old polaroid, you've been here all along Old polaroid, a little out of frame The edges bent, the faces not the same But if I hold you up against the light just right Every little memory comes back to life tonight [Bridge] [Soft harmonica, 4 bars] I put you back inside the drawer, but gently now Like tucking in a kid who's had a long day out You're safe in there with all the other little things The ticket stubs, the bottle caps, the tangled strings Of all the years that somehow passed without a sound And all the people who aren't really gone They're just not around But they're here, in the creases, in the light In the little faded squares that make the dark feel bright [Chorus] Old polaroid, tell me where the time has gone From rooftop nights to quiet Sunday songs The colors fade but the feeling stays so strong Old polaroid, you've been here all along [Outro: acoustic guitar, soft harmonica fading] Old polaroid… you've been here all along… Every little memory… Comes back to life… Comes back to life tonight… Mmm… mmm…
