[Intro] [bright clean guitar riff, bass and drums crashing in, energetic from the first beat] [Hook] [bright punchy male vocal, three chord guitar overdubs layered, driving snare, bass locked on root] Remember when the grass smelled like something real TV static was the last thing you'd feel Common sense wasn't a radical thought We did relationships, we actually fought Kids played outside till the streetlights came on I miss those days I miss those days We took them for granted without knowing why Chasing some old standard we can't get back I miss those days I miss those days Blink said we'd be sorry when they were gone Yeah Yeah, we miss those days Yeah [Verse 1] [short punchy vocal phrases, bright and sardonic, palm-muted chug, snare driving hard, fast and tight] Wouldn't it be nice to live it all again Tamagotchis dying, Gameboy colors, then Tetris on a broken box that barely worked What a time we had, man what a time we threw away I wish I knew I wish I knew Saturday cartoons with the cereal going warm Front door wide open, that was just the norm Jumping castles, birthday cake and running till we dropped No chest hair, bad haircuts, glow stars on the ceiling Counting down till morning so we could run amuck I miss being a kid in the nineties Dad's credit card, no concept of a bill Gummy bears and sugar highs and time to kill I miss being a kid in the nineties It was fun, hey [Hook] [fuller band, brighter and louder, guitar overdubs stacked, snare cracking, anthemic] Remember when the grass smelled like something real TV static was the last thing you'd feel Common sense wasn't a radical thought We did relationships, we actually fought Kids played outside till the streetlights came on I miss those days I miss those days We took them for granted without knowing why Chasing some old standard we can't get back I miss those days I miss those days Blink said we'd be sorry when they were gone Yeah Yeah, we miss those days Yeah [Verse 2] [same bright punchy delivery, darker edge underneath, palm-muted riff tight and driving] Now I'm older staring at a glowing screen Doom-scrolling through the wreckage of the evening news We used to chase each other through the neighbour's yard Now we chase our tails and wonder why it's hard I wish I knew I wish I knew Used to trust the people standing at the top Now I Google everything and cannot stop Epstein had a list and nobody got locked Family dinners now it's just a group chat dropped I miss being a kid in the nineties No algorithm feeding me the end of days Just a BMX and forty sunlit days I miss being a kid in the nineties It was fun, hey [Hook] [most energetic delivery, full band peak, guitar overdubs massive, snare explosive] Remember when the grass smelled like something real TV static was the last thing you'd feel Common sense wasn't a radical thought We did relationships, we actually fought Kids played outside till the streetlights came on I miss those days I miss those days We took them for granted without knowing why Chasing some old standard we can't get back I miss those days I miss those days Blink said we'd be sorry when they were gone Yeah Yeah, we miss those days Yeah [Bridge] [single clean guitar only, drums drop out, vocal near spoken, wide open space] Maybe we were the last ones Who knew what it meant to be free No phone in our hands just dirt on our knees The last kids to run before the world lost the plot [Bridge] [bass and drums re-entering, building fast, guitar overdubs stacking back up] We were the last ones who felt it Really felt it Summer lasting forever Before everything got so loud [Bridge] [full band explosion, all guitar overdubs crashing in, snare driving, vocal fully committed] We are the last generation Who remembers what silence sounds like Who remembers front doors left open Who remembers being alive Yeah we remembers being alive [Outro] [fast three chord strumming, snare cracking hard, vocal loose and urgent, studio only no crowd] Hey hey hey we miss those days Hey hey hey we miss those days Tamagotchis dead and the Gameboy's gone But we still sing every word to every song Hey hey hey we miss those days Hey hey hey we miss those days [Outro] [band pulling back two lines, one final punchy delivery, full stop on last yeah] Blink said we'd be sorry And they were right Yeah they were right Yeah [End]
0/500