[INTRO – bright distorted guitar riff, snare on 2 and 4] [VERSE 1] Same stupid grin I had back then Like nothing ever really changed Someone said my name like it was 2007 And somehow nothing felt that strange We talked about the bands we burned on CD The nights we killed on someone's front doorstep Last bus home at half past never Too young to drive but too alive to rest [PRE-CHORUS] But that was then and now we're standing older Laughing at the weight we carry on our shoulders Still got the spark, just wrapped in something deeper now [CHORUS] Almost twenty years and nothing feels that far Still recognize the fire, still know who we are We grew up fine, we turned out alright Still burning bright on a Tuesday night Took the long way, hit some walls, paid the cost But nothing that was real ever really got lost Damn near forty — hell, we aged like gold Same wild kids — still too loud to fold [VERSE 2] We talked about our lives like comparing maps Same distances, just different kinds of gaps Funny how the roads all curve back to each other When you stop pretending you had it all figured out There's a kind of ease that's hard to fake or borrow The kind that takes a decade just to grow Whatever it was we never put a name to Was still alive — just waiting down below [PRE-CHORUS] We've been through it, got the scars to show for Still we found each other on the other shore And something in this moment hits me harder now [CHORUS] Almost twenty years and nothing feels that far Still recognize the fire, still know who we are We grew up fine, we turned out alright Still burning bright on a Tuesday night Took the long way, hit some walls, paid the cost But nothing that was real ever really got lost Damn near forty — hell, we aged like gold Same wild kids — still too loud to fold [BRIDGE – stripped, almost spoken, single clean guitar] We had no idea back then What we were leaving on the table Last bus home, a borrowed bike Like the whole world was ours and stable And maybe the roads align again Or maybe this is just a chapter But either way — I wouldn't trade The way it felt the morning after Running into something real [FINAL CHORUS – full band crashes back in] Almost twenty years and nothing feels that far Still recognize the fire, still know who we are We grew up fine, we turned out alright Still burning bright on a Tuesday night Took the long way, hit some walls, paid the cost But nothing that was real ever really got lost Damn near forty — hell, we aged like gold
