The Thunder Brothers — I Wish I Took a Picture Verse 1 We were young when the thunder rolled Cheap sunglasses, hearts too bold Boat drinks sweating in our hands Making noise like we owned the land Every bad idea felt like a sign Every scar seemed funny at the time We laughed too hard, we stayed too late Never thought the night could change its shape Verse 2 Then the years came soft and slow Took the fire, left the glow Boat drinks turned to Ensure shakes Smoothies, pills, and morning aches Still we laughed at the same old lines Still told stories a hundred times But I never thought there’d come a day When only one of us walked away Chorus I wish I took a picture ’Cause I won’t remember The way you looked laughing That night in December I thought we had forever Or something close enough Now I’m holding faded stories Where I should be holding us I wish I took a picture Before the light went dim ’Cause every year that passes Takes another piece of him The storm is getting quieter But the silence hits me hard One Thunder Brother standing With two names on the card Verse 3 Your chair still leans against the wall Like you might come back after all Your old coat hangs behind the door I can’t bring myself to move it anymore I remember pieces, not the whole A busted joke, a gravel soul The way you’d grin before the line That always seemed funny at the time Chorus I wish I took a picture ’Cause I won’t remember The way you looked laughing That night in December I thought we had forever Or something close enough Now I’m holding faded stories Where I should be holding us I wish I took a picture Before the light went dim ’Cause every year that passes Takes another piece of him The storm is getting quieter But the silence hits me hard One Thunder Brother standing With two names on the card Bridge People say the good ones stay In every word and every day But memory’s a rusted knife It dulls the edges of a life I know your voice, but not quite clear I know your laugh, but less each year And that’s the part I can’t forgive How even ghosts get hard to live with Verse 4 Now I mix a smoothie for one Watch the morning miss the sun Raise the glass though you’re not there To the empty room, the empty chair I tell the story, get it wrong Add a line that don’t belong But maybe truth was never the point We just kept the old nights joined Final Chorus I wish I took a picture ’Cause I won’t remember The way you looked beside me Before the dying ember I thought the years would spare us The faces that we knew But time keeps stealing details And leaving only you I wish I took a picture Of the night before goodbye Of two old Thunder Brothers Still pretending we could fly Now the storm has lost one heartbeat And the rain won’t sound the same But every time the thunder rolls I still hear your name Outro We were loud, we were reckless We were foolish, we were fine And every stupid thing we did Still seemed funny at the time I wish I took a picture Before the years went through But maybe all I really wanted Was one more night with you
