[Verse 1] Remember when we climbed the water tower And the whole town looked like something we could fit Inside our hands, inside our stupid hands Remember when we screamed into the canyon And it screamed back louder It screamed back everything we gave it [Verse 2] Remember when the nights went on forever And we drove them end to end without a reason Without a map, without a single plan Remember when we didn't need a reason We just showed up And the whole world showed up too They can tear it down They can pave it over They can change the name of every street Every street we ever knew But we were the fire We were the fire that year We burned so bright the whole damn sky remembered us We were the fire I swear we were the fire And nothing they can build Will ever be that tender Nothing [Verse 3] Remember when the music hit like lightning In a basement where the ceiling was too low And everybody's face was lit from underneath Remember when we held each other's futures Like a lantern in a field When the snow was coming down so hard You couldn't see the road They can sell it off They can box it up and ship it They can say it never mattered They can say it wasn't real We were the fire We were the fire that year We burned so bright (oh we were the fire) And nothing they can build Will ever be that tender I don't care if nobody else remembers I don't care if every single proof is gone We were real We were alive We happened And that's enough That's enough That has to be enough We were the fire We were the fire We were the fire that year We burned so bright (oh we were the fire) And nothing they can build Will ever be that tender Ever be that tender Ever
