Golden Days

[Intro - reverb-heavy guitar, darker synth pad, distant atmospheric sounds] (Mmm) [Verse 1 - minimal beat, moody, breathy vocals] Summer two-thousand-something, I was just a kid Pool parties in your backyard, wish I could relive Everything we had that felt like it would never end Now I'm haunted by the ghost of my best friend Never thought that I would lose you then Now I'm searching but I don't know when [Pre-Chorus - building tension, darker synth layers] Do you ever think about those days? Or did you let them fade away? I'm still stuck there, can't move on You're the reason that I'm holding on [Chorus - full moody production, aching vocals] I've been searching for my golden days (ooh-ohh) Drowning in the memories and haze Want to spend my golden years with you But I don't know if you're searching too I miss the way we used to be Before you disappeared on me I'm still haunted by my golden days Wonder if you think of me the same way [Verse 2 - building, darker instrumentation] Sleepovers and secrets that we buried in the dark Your laugh was like the summer but it left a mark I scroll through endless faces, none of them are you Starting to forget what's false and what was true Never got to tell you what you meant to me Now you're just a fading memory [Pre-Chorus] Do you ever wonder where I am? Or am I just some fleeting photograph? Do you recognize my name at all? Or did I disappear when you moved on? [Chorus] I've been searching for my golden days (ooh-ohh) Drowning in the memories and haze Want to spend my golden years with you But I don't know if you're searching too I miss the way we used to be Before you disappeared on me I'm still haunted by my golden days Wonder if you think of me the same way [Breakdown - stripped minimal beat, ambient darkness, whispered vocals] (Yeah, yeah) Can still hear your voice calling in the rain (Mmm) Nothing ever felt the same again Every summer drags me back to you (Yeah) But I don't know what's false or true (Mmm) I'd give anything to find you there But maybe you don't even care Just to know you're still alive somewhere Living life without me there [Bridge - stripped down, vulnerable, building slowly] If I found you now after all these years Would you even know me through the tears? Would we pick up where we left it all? Or would you not remember me at all? But I'm still searching even though I'm scared That you've forgotten that we ever cared [Final Chorus - most emotional, full dark production] I've been searching for my golden days (ooh-ohh) Drowning in the memories and haze Want to spend my golden years with you But I don't know if you're searching too I miss the way we used to be Before you disappeared on me I'm still haunted by my golden days Hope you remember me the same way [Outro - fading into darkness, whispered, ambient] (Golden days, golden days) (ooh-ohh) (Do you remember me?) (The same way)