[Verse 1] You see the photograph I see the winter it survived You see a smile I see the miles behind it You see an argument I see the years that led us there Most of what matters Never makes it into the frame [Pre] There's always something underneath A second story you can't read [Chorus] Metadata Hidden in plain sight Metadata The tags we never write A thousand quiet details Attached to every name You think you're seeing everything But you're only seeing the file name [Verse 2] You remember Christmas morning A favorite gift for years I remember all the things You never had to see You remember what was waiting Underneath the tree Same day Different Metadata [Pre] The picture stays The context fades Until somebody tells their story [Chorus] Metadata Hidden in plain sight Metadata The tags we never write Every memory carries Information left behind The things we think we're looking at Never fill the whole frame [Bridge] You remember talking I remember what I couldn't say You remember connection I remember uncertainty You remember Tuesday I remember the day my world changed Same event Different attributes [Final Chorus] Metadata Hidden in plain sight Metadata The tags we never write A thousand quiet details Attached to every name You think you're seeing everything But you're only seeing the file name [Outro] Maybe that's all any of us are Stories with invisible annotations Walking around Mistaking the file name For the file
