[Verse 1] I woke to find a stranger Sitting quietly by my bed, With the eyes I used to carry And the dreams I thought were dead. He wore my younger silence, He had sunlight in his face, Like the years had never touched him, Like the world had left no trace. [Pre-Chorus] He looked at me for so long, Then whispered, “What happened here?” I tried to tell him everything, But some wounds have no words clear. [Chorus] He said, “Remember who you were Before the world taught you to hide, Before you traded all your wonder Just to make it through the night. You don't have to turn back time, You don't have to be seventeen— Just find the man you left behind Somewhere between your broken dreams. Remember who you were... And come back to me.” [Verse 2] So I told him of the highways That had promised me a home, Of the doors that never opened, Of the years I walked alone. Of the dreams I held like children Till they slipped out of my hands, And the pieces of myself I had buried just to stand. [Pre-Chorus] He didn't blame or question, He just lowered down his eyes, And I watched my younger self Learn for the first time how to cry. [Chorus] “Remember who you were Before the world taught you to hide, Before you traded all your wonder Just to make it through the night. You don't have to turn back time, You don't have to be seventeen— Just find the man you left behind Somewhere between your broken dreams. Remember who you were... And come back to me.” [Bridge] Then he placed his hand upon my shoulder, And suddenly the years were gone. The boy I was, the man I'd become Were standing there as one. He said, “Don't search for me in photographs, Don't mourn the years that had to leave. I never stayed inside the past— I've been waiting underneath.” [Final Chorus] So I'll remember who I was Before the world became so loud, I'll gather what the years have scattered, Piece by piece from off the ground. I cannot turn the river backward, I cannot make the old days stay, But maybe I can meet myself A little further down the way. And if that younger voice still calls me Through everything I've come to be, I'll answer softly: “I remember... I'm coming back to me.” [Outro] Morning filled the empty room, Another day began outside. For once I wasn't chasing yesterday... I was bringing myself back to life.
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