[Intro – clean electric, slow, moody] Rain on the lockers, names carved in rust… We said forever… but forever ain’t us… [Verse 1] Back row whispers in a worn-out class, Your hand in mine like it’d always last, We wrote our names on the bleachers high, Swore we’d never say goodbye. Friday lights and your daddy’s car, Windows down, chasing who we are, You said “we’ll make it, just wait and see”… But you were dreamin’… not with me. [Pre-Chorus] And I still hear your voice in the radio static, Every word feels worn and automatic— [Chorus – full band kicks in] We were fire in a small town sky, Burnin’ bright just to watch it die, You went chasing all those city lights— Left me here with these endless nights. Now your picture fades but the pain won’t go, Guess some things you just don’t outgrow… We were young, we were wild, we were everything— Now you’re just a song I can’t stop singin’. [Verse 2] You called me once from a college bar, Said you barely recognize who you are, New friends, new dreams, new last name plans— Slippin’ right through my hands. I stayed back where the river bends, Same old roads and the same old friends, But every street sign screams your name— A ghost I never outran. [Pre-Chorus] Now your voice comes through like a broken signal, Every word just a little less real— [Chorus – bigger, more grit] We were fire in a small town sky, Burnin’ bright just to watch it die, You went chasing all those city lights— Left me here with these endless nights. Now your picture fades but the pain won’t go, Guess some things you just don’t outgrow… We were young, we were wild, we were everything— Now you’re just a song I can’t stop singin’. [Bridge – stripped down, raw vocal] Do you ever drive past our old street? Do you ever feel incomplete? Or did you leave it all behind… Like I was just a waste of time? [Breakdown – gritty guitar swell] Yeah, I still wear that old flannel shirt… Smells like you… and it still hurts… [Final Chorus – full emotional punch] We were fire in a small town sky, Burnin’ bright just to watch it die, You found heaven in a different life— I found truth in the wreck you left behind. Now your memory cuts like a worn-out blade, Guess some scars were never made to fade… We were young, we were wild, we were everything— Now you’re just a song… Yeah, you’re just a song… …that I still sing. [Outro – soft guitar fade] Rain on the lockers… names carved in rust… We said forever… …but forever ain’t us.
