[Intro: A crackling lo-fi beat with warm, vintage, melancholic synth pads] [Verse 1: Male Vocal] I found the old shoebox under the bed Filled with the echoes of things we once said I’m sitting on the floor in the afternoon light Looking at fragments of a love shining bright Here is a picture of us in the park Before the whole world became terribly dark [Verse 2: Female Vocal] The borders are white, the colors are faded Capturing a time before we were jaded Here we are laughing on the hood of your car Chasing a dream that was stretching so far I trace out your face with my index finger Allowing the ghost of your touch to linger [Pre-Chorus: Both] Chemical paper and instant regret The beautiful moments we want to forget [Chorus: Both] Torn polaroids scattered across the floor A timeline of a love that exists anymore We rip them in half but the memories stay We can't throw the ghosts of our past away Smiling in static, frozen in time A beautiful tragedy, a victimless crime [Instrumental Interlude: Warm vintage synths swelling over the lo-fi beat] [Verse 3: Male Vocal] I look at the picture where you're wearing my coat And a heavy lump rises up in my throat [Female Vocal] I look at the one where we're kissing in the rain And my chest splits open with a beautiful pain [Pre-Chorus: Both] Chemical paper and instant regret The beautiful moments we want to forget [Chorus: Both] Torn polaroids scattered across the floor A timeline of a love that exists anymore We rip them in half but the memories stay We can't throw the ghosts of our past away Smiling in static, frozen in time A beautiful tragedy, a victimless crime [Bridge: Both] [Male Vocal] Flashbulb memories. [Female Vocal] Fading ink. [Both] We push ourselves closer to the absolute brink. Sweep them all up, put them back in the box. Secure all the chains, fasten the locks. [Outro: Both] Torn pictures... [Female Vocal]: In the dust. [Male Vocal]: Broken trust. [Both]: Frozen forever. [Fading Outro: Lo-fi beat gradually filtering out, leaving a warm synth drone that slowly fades to black] [End]
