[Intro] (clean guitar + tape hiss) One more picture before the sun goes down One more picture before the sun goes down The colors always fade too fast But somehow you still look the same [Verse 1] There's a shoebox underneath your bed Filled with photographs and ticket stubs Every summer feels immortal Until it suddenly isn't We spent July riding bicycles Down roads that barely had names Talking about the lives we'd have When we finally got away The air smelled like fresh-cut grass And swimming pools after dark And every little moment felt Like it would leave a mark [Pre-Chorus] You said, "Don't blink" You said, "Don't blink" Like somehow we could stop time From moving on [Chorus] Polaroid summer (x2) Frozen in a frame forever Even when the colors weather I still see you perfectly Polaroid summer (x2) Every blurry photograph Makes me wanna go back To who we used to be Oh-oh-oh (x2) Polaroid summer [Verse 2] The country fair came through in August With broken rides and flashing lights We stayed until they shut it down And wandered through the parking lot at night You wore an oversized sweatshirt Even though it wasn't cold And laughed at every dumb joke Like we'd never grow old The Ferris wheel reflected in your eyes Like little galaxies spinning around And for a second I believed Nothing could ever bring us down [Pre-Chorus] The radio played songs we loved The radio played songs we loved And every lyric felt like ours For just a while [Chorus] Polaroid summer (x2) Frozen in a frame forever Even when the colors weather I still see you perfectly Polaroid summer (x2) Every blurry photograph Makes me wanna go back To who we used to be Oh-oh-oh (x2) Polaroid summer [Bridge] (distorted guitars build) Now the years feel different somehow Everybody moved away The places that once felt enormous Got smaller every day But every now and then I find An old picture in a drawer And suddenly I'm seventeen again Standing at your front door [Instrumental Break] (shimmering guitar lead) Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh The colors fade but memories don't Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh Some things never really go [Final Chorus] Polaroid summer (x2) Frozen in a frame forever Even when the colors weather I still see you perfectly Polaroid summer (x2) Every blurry photograph Every moment we thought would last Still lives somewhere inside of me Polaroid summer (x2) The sunsets and the parking lots The promises that we forgot Still echo through the years Oh-oh-oh (x2) Polaroid summer [Outro] (tape hiss returns) One more picture before the sun goes down (x2) The colors always fade too fast But somehow you still look the same
