[INTRO – soft acoustic guitar, light electric echo, melancholic tone] [soft female voice, delicate vibrato] I was younger in a way that’s gone, Wore the sky like it was mine. Didn’t count the steps I left behind— Things happen— in their time. [VERSE 1 – guitar and piano build slightly, breathier tone] No one said it fades this slow, Like tide retreating from the shore. I never thought to turn around— But I don’t run like I did before. [PRE-CHORUS – more sustained chords, voice lifts slightly] And somewhere in a softer light, I see the girl I used to be. [CHORUS – vocal peak, emotional, mid-high range with harmonies trailing off final words] [lead female vocals — high emotion, with echoing backing harmonies] [Let me walk that road again] [Let me feel the open air] [When the world was younger…] [When I didn’t care] [Now the silence is a friend] [But it used to be a dare] [VERSE 2 – quieter again, voice drops in intensity, reflective tone] I laughed like nothing would change. Now I watch the morning slowly rise. Even the breeze has gotten tired— Even the blue’s left the sky. [BRIDGE – soft swell, emotional pull, echoes optional on key words] [lead vocal steady, hold “time” slightly] Time doesn’t ask. Time doesn’t wait. It just takes the shape of what we never say. [CHORUS – repeat with stronger voice, backing harmony trails each line] [Let me walk that road again] [Let me feel the open air] [When the world was younger…] [When I didn’t care] [Now the silence is a friend] [But it used to be a dare] [OUTRO – guitar slows, slight piano echo, voice barely above whisper] Things happen… in their time… But I never looked back ’Til the world got old.
