[Verse] In my days of high-school dances Blundered words and awkward advances The circumstances Those sexy side-glances How long has it been Since dressing for gym Was the hardest thing in your life? [Pre-Chorus] We were kings of the hallway, fools in the fluorescent light Thought forever was something you could hold every Friday night [Chorus] Remember the girl who meant the world But somehow she slipped away The years that have passed, the feelings that last Can you still name the day When life was a toy in an endless summer yard And the only thing breaking was the streetlight after dark? [Verse] Some ball in the park, barefoot and reckless Throwing stones at the dark like we could wreck it When it got late, your mother’s voice carried Two blocks down, and you knew you were married To curfews and porch lights and borrowed time Back when losing just meant you’d win next time [Verse] Remember the college lawn, dew on the grass Staying out past dawn like the night wouldn’t pass Beer-drinking games, cheap courage in cans The drugs you refused with the shake of your hands You told her “I’m good,” she laughed at the lie Two years later you’re wondering why You didn’t say yes, or didn’t say stay Some chances only glow on the edge of the day [Bridge] Now the mirror shows miles on a face I still know And the songs on the radio all sound like before I keep circling back to the same damn truth Everything I needed I already used [Outro] So I write it all down like she told me to do Every stupid, perfect thing we almost lived through The girl who meant the world, the summers, the lawn The boy in the dark who still hasn’t moved on Yeah I write it all down, line by shaky line ’Cause forgetting’s the only thing I can’t survive
