A song about time [Verse 1] Summer ran in bare feet Grass stains up to my knees Clock on the wall moved inch by inch Like it was stuck in the breeze Thought the road went on forever Every birthday just a game I could waste whole days on nothing Never felt a hint of shame [Chorus] We spend our borrowed days Like they’ll always be replaced First we laugh them into nowhere Then we chase what we misplaced You can’t save a childhood hour In a box upon a shelf But you can hold the ones you’re given Like you finally know yourself [Verse 2] Now my weeks fall off the calendar Like leaves shaken from a branch Plans stacked high on the table Chance squeezed out by a second chance Someone says “make every minute count” I nod and check my phone Chasing every stubborn heartbeat Still afraid of going slow [Chorus] We spend our borrowed days Like they’ll always be replaced First we laugh them into nowhere Then we chase what we misplaced You can’t save a childhood hour In a box upon a shelf But you can hold the ones you’re given Like you finally know yourself [Bridge] All my wild Bright wanting Pulls me past the present tense Every passion Every promise Fighting over each expense There’s a cost to every calling There’s a peace in letting be I can’t live ten lives at once So I’ll live this one honestly (oh) [Chorus] We spend our borrowed days Like they’ll always be replaced First we rush right through the morning Then we beg the night to wait You can’t warn your younger heartbeat How the years will twist and bend But you can love the time that loves you Till it loves you to the end
