Verse 1 I walked past our favorite café And suddenly I couldn’t breathe The scent of rain, the empty chair Brought you back to me Every street still knows your footsteps Every song still knows your name I keep finding pieces of you In everything Pre-Chorus I thought time would pull me free But it keeps pulling me deeper Chorus I’m drowning in memories Waves of everything we used to be Every laugh, every late-night drive Comes rushing back and steals the light And no matter how far I swim The past keeps pulling me in I’m trying to stay above the sea But I’m drowning in memories Verse 2 Old messages glow on my screen Like stars that refuse to fade I know I should delete them now But I’m afraid ‘Cause every word is proof you were here Every picture proves we were real And letting go feels like losing The last thing I can feel Pre-Chorus I keep reaching for the shore But there’s always more Chorus I’m drowning in memories Waves of everything we used to be Every laugh, every late-night drive Comes rushing back and steals the light And no matter how far I swim The past keeps pulling me in I’m trying to stay above the sea But I’m drowning in memories Post-Chorus Whoa-oh-oh, under again Whoa-oh-oh, where do I begin? Bridge Maybe memories aren’t meant to leave Maybe they become a part of me Not a chain, not a weight to bear Just proof that you were there Final Chorus I was drowning in memories Lost beneath what used to be But every wave that crashes through Still carries something true And though the tide won’t let me forget I’m learning how to live with it One breath at a time, I’ll be More than my memories Outro The tide recedes slowly But the memories remain
