Paper Planes

We drew skylines on the living room floor Paper planes out the back screen door Every box was a place we could be Every street was a world we could see Couch cushions turning into coastlines Blankets building worlds in our minds We were kings of a made up scene Yeah, we built it out of anything We didn’t know what was real or pretend Didn’t care how it had to end We just ran till the daylight slipped Through our hands like it always did Paper planes over cardboard cities We made something out of nothing Paper planes over cardboard cities We were running like we were free We let them fly into forever Thought those days would never leave Paper planes over cardboard cities Still alive inside of me There’s a box in the back of my room Full of pieces of who we used to be Crayon maps and a paper moon Still pointing where we thought we’d be Now the streets got names we don’t choose And the sky feels smaller than it used to Somewhere in between it slipped away All the games we used to play If I close my eyes I see it now Every line that we drew somehow Still alive in the air we breathe In the ghosts of our make believe So I’ll throw one more into the blue Just to see if it makes it through Paper planes over cardboard cities We made something out of nothing Paper planes over cardboard cities We were fearless, we were free We let them fly into forever Even if it’s out of reach Paper planes over cardboard cities Still a part of me Paper planes over cardboard cities We made something out of nothing Paper planes over cardboard cities We were fearless, we were free