I was seventeen leaning on your car Outside that party near the avenue Summer smoke hanging in the dark You laughed like you already knew That I was nervous, that my hands would shake That one touch would change the truth Yeah, one kiss and suddenly My whole world was wrapped around you We were young enough to think Nothing disappears Young enough to promise forever Like forever lived here And I thought first love lasted forever Thought one night could carry a life Held onto your words like a letter Kept them folded deep inside Nobody tells you when you’re younger Some hearts fade no matter what you do But after all this time I still measure every love against you Now I drive roads we used to take Windows down in different towns And every now and then your memory wakes When the silence gets too loud Funny how the smallest moments stay Like shadows underneath the skin I don’t even miss who we became I miss who I was back then Back before goodbye Turned into a sound Back before I learned Some things don’t work out Yeah I thought first love lasted forever Thought your heartbeat matched with mine Held onto your name through the weather Like somehow love could outrun time Nobody tells you when you’re younger Some flames burn out however bright But after all this time You’re still the one I compare them to at night Maybe we were only kids Chasing something we didn’t understand Maybe love was never really us Maybe it was just who I was with your hand in mine But I swear For a moment there The whole world felt right And I thought first love lasted forever Thought losing you would break my life Now I know some people leave their echo Long after they say goodbye Nobody tells you when you’re younger How one kiss can divide your life in two ‘Cause after all this time I still measure every love against you Yeah after all this time Some part of me still runs to you © Kaftanjack - 2026
