[Verse 1] There was a little window in a plastic case Where a whole world waited in a strip of tape Bollywood colours in a midnight room A borrowed voice singing something new We'd press record and hold our breath Praying the radio wouldn't talk over it Side A, Side B, write the names by hand A little piece of music we could understand --- [Pre-Chorus] And when the ribbon came undone We never thought that it was gone Just found a pencil, turned the wheel And somehow made the broken heal --- [Chorus] So rewind me, rewind me Back to the songs we had to find Back when music had a weight And every song was worth the wait Rewind me, rewind me To that little room and that old machine Now a million songs are at my fingertips But I can't press play on those moments again --- [Verse 2] We'd trade a cassette like a secret note Movie songs written on a cardboard fold Someone's voice would fade into the hiss And we'd turn it up because we didn't want to miss There were scratches, there were waves There were songs that somehow knew our names And every time the tape rolled back It felt like bringing yesterday back --- [Pre-Chorus] Now the shelves are empty, wires are gone The little reels have stopped moving on But somewhere underneath the noise I still hear that younger voice --- [Chorus] So rewind me, rewind me Back to the songs we had to find Back when music had a weight And every song was worth the wait Rewind me, rewind me To that little room and that old machine Now a million songs are at my fingertips But I can't press play on those moments again --- [Bridge] Maybe that's what we lost Not the tape, not the sound But the way we held a memory Before the world became a cloud We used to turn the reels When the whole thing came apart Funny how a pencil could fix a tape But nothing fixes a heart --- [Final Chorus] So rewind me, rewind me Just one more time before I sleep Let the tape hiss through the silence Let that old song come back to me Rewind me, rewind me Let the reels turn one last time I don't need the song forever I just want that moment one more time --- [Outro] Click… hiss… the reel turns slow Some things disappear But the songs don't go.
