[STYLE: Big beat, Atmospheric Indie Electronic, Nostalgic Trip-Hop, Psychedelic Indie] [TEMPO: 82 BPM] [INTRO: Warm tape hiss, distant room ambience, muted acoustic guitar, soft synth pad] [VERSE 1] I found your name beneath the dust On something I forgot I kept A little piece of who we were Still hiding underneath the rest I turned the wheel and heard the click The tape began to slowly breathe Then your voice came through the static Like you never really left me One old chord One broken line And suddenly I was back in time [CHORUS: Warm, hypnotic, emotional] We were young when the song was playing Young enough to think we'd stay Dancing underneath the ceiling Like the night would never change Now the tape keeps turning slowly And the years keep passing through Funny how a faded recording Can still sound so much like you We were young We were young Before we knew What time would do [VERSE 2: Deeper beat enters, intimate vocal] There's a crackle underneath the chorus There's a shadow in the sound Someone laughing in the background Someone we can't find now The bass is soft and slightly broken The drums are drifting out of time But somewhere underneath the damage There's a heartbeat still alive And I don't want to clean it up I don't want to make it new Some memories lose their magic When you make them perfect too [CHORUS] We were young when the song was playing Young enough to think we'd stay Dancing underneath the ceiling Like the night would never change Now the tape keeps turning slowly And the years keep passing through Funny how a faded recording Can still sound so much like you We were young We were young Before we knew What time would do [INSTRUMENTAL: Trip-hop beat, dusty guitar, Rhodes, atmospheric synth, tape flutter] [BRIDGE: Beat drops away, tape hiss becomes prominent] Stop the tape Let the silence breathe There's a thousand things We never said we'd leave Rewind once Just one more time Let me hear that voice Before it disappears [BUILD: Beat slowly returns, synth and guitar widen] Maybe that's what memories are Not somewhere we can stay Just little doors inside the dark That open for a day [FINAL CHORUS: Expansive, layered vocals, deep groove] We were young when the song was playing Young enough to think we'd stay Dancing underneath the ceiling Like the night would never change Now the tape keeps turning slowly And the years keep passing through Funny how a faded recording Can still sound so much like you We were young We were young Before we knew What time would do [OUTRO: Tape slowing, acoustic guitar, fading hiss] Keep turning... Keep turning... Don't disappear... [The tape warbles and slows] We were young... [FADE OUT]
