[Verse 1] The streetlights glowed like jars of fireflies Every puddle held a borrowed sky Sidewalk chalk turned pavement into space Planets spinning slowly under lace Back when clouds were ships we’d learn to steer And the wind would whisper in our ear Every moment tasted wild and sweet Like summer dripping slowly in the heat [Pre-Chorus] Now the hours hum like wires in the walls But somewhere that small sunlight calls [Chorus] What I wouldn’t give to see the world that way When the night was just a playground for the day When tomorrow was a secret in the sand And the whole wide earth could fit inside our hands Trade these clocks that echo through my mind For a sunset we were never scared to find Just one breath beneath that endless sky Where wonder never learned the word goodbye [Verse 2] The backyard was a kingdom made of leaves Where the wind composed its symphonies Paper airplanes surfing amber light Tiny rebels in the fading night Every cricket sang electric lullabies And the moon hung low like curious eyes Every laugh would ripple through the dark Like a lantern floating through the park [Pre-Chorus] Now the days arrive already worn But I still hear echoes being born [Chorus] What I wouldn’t give to see the world that way When the stars were scattered glitter in the gray When tomorrow was a door we’d never close And the wind still carried secrets no one knows Trade these worries drifting through the trees For the quiet courage of scraped knees Just one night beneath that glowing sky Where wonder never learned the word goodbye [Bridge] Maybe wonder never truly left Maybe time just pulled a different breath Maybe every child we used to be Still walks softly through our memory [Final Chorus] What I wouldn’t give to walk those roads again Where the world began and didn’t need an end Where the dark was just a blanket for the stars And our dreams outshined the quiet of our scars If I close my eyes I almost recognize Little galaxies behind my eyes Where wonder burned like lanterns in the blue And the child in me still sees it too
