Like We First Met - Chuck Parsons

[Verse 1] You walked in like the years meant nothing Same eyes, still pulled me under I felt the ground give way again Just like back then — the start, the thunder [Verse 2] Your voice cut through like a vinyl crack Soft, but sharp enough to bleed Said you’d moved on, but your hands shook Like memories you didn’t mean to need [Chorus] We talked like we first met Like time was just a silhouette Every word, a loaded thread Every glance, a thing unsaid We talked like we first met Every word, a loaded thread Every glance, a thing unsaid We talked like we first met [Verse 3] You laughed at the things that broke us Still carry them, stitched in your skin I wanted to say I’m different now But truth don't start where blame has been [Bridge] You reached for my hand like it still fit And God, it still fit The world paused in that quiet split And I held on a little bit [Guitar Solo] (emotional, bendy, echoes the melody of the bridge) [Chorus] We burned like we first met Like rules we hadn't learned yet In the dark, no past to check No pain we hadn’t earned yet We burned like we first met [Outro] I won’t ask where you go from here I just needed this reset To feel something alive and clear To hold you like we first met [Final Guitar Solo] (wailing, soulful, like letting go with grace)