[Verse 1] Back when the grass felt tall And we were small enough To fit in paper skies With scraped-up knees and luck We ran till dinner calls Echoed off porch and fence The whole day fit our hands Like something make-believe [Pre-Chorus] Now the same road looks thinner The trees know different names I reach for what we were And it slips through the frame [Chorus] We were kids in the sun Kids in the sun Everything was gold Everything was warm Now we’re grown, and it shows Grown, and it shows Same old place, new eyes Less color in the world [Verse 2] I found a box of names Faded on birthday cards A blue bike, bent in half A promise from the yard Some days come back like rain Then vanish on the glass I try to hold them still But they don’t ever last [Pre-Chorus] Now the same road looks thinner The air feels less alive I miss the way we laughed Before we learned to hide [Chorus] We were kids in the sun Kids in the sun Everything was gold Everything was warm Now we’re grown, and it shows Grown, and it shows Same old place, new eyes Less color in the world [Bridge] And maybe that’s the cost Of keeping every scar We traded open fields For keys and closed-up doors But if I close my eyes I can still hear us run Bare feet on the summer ground Chasing what we’d become [Chorus] We were kids in the sun Kids in the sun Everything was gold Everything was warm Now we’re grown, and it shows Grown, and it shows Same old place, new eyes Less color in the world [Outro] Less color in the world Less color in the world But I still see it In the kite string years
