(Intro - gentle guitar, building) (Verse 1 - reflective, questioning) I woke up this morning to an empty bed again Tried to call my best mate but he's busy with new friends The coffee tastes like nothing and the sky is turning grey I can't remember when things started feeling this way I look back at photographs from summers long ago When everything was easy and we didn't need to know What the future held for us or where we'd end up now Back when smiling came so easy, wonder when I lost how (Pre-Chorus - building emotion) Was it something that I did? Was it something that I said? Or is this just what happens When you're older in your head? (Chorus - melodic, wistful) Where did the good times go? Did they leave without saying goodbye? Where did the good times go? Was I looking the other way when they passed me by? 'Cause I've been searching everywhere But they're nowhere to be found Where did the good times go? And will they ever come back around? (Verse 2 - more introspective) I see people on the street and they all look so sure Of where they're going, what they're doing, what their life is for But I'm still standing at the crossroads with an empty map Wondering if I missed the turning somewhere way back My parents ask me if I'm happy and I say I'm fine But fine's become the comfortable place where I hide Behind the smile and the small talk and the "everything's okay" When really I'm just trying to make it through another day (Pre-Chorus) Maybe I took them for granted Maybe I let them slip away Maybe the good times are still here But I can't feel them anymore these days (Chorus - bigger) Where did the good times go? They used to live inside my chest Where did the good times go? Did they pack their bags while I was trying to rest? 'Cause I've been calling out their name But there's only echoes in reply Where did the good times go? And did they even say goodbye? (Bridge - vulnerable) Maybe they're not gone forever Maybe they're just hiding for a while Maybe I need to stop searching And remember how to smile Maybe the good times aren't a place That you can travel to Maybe they're just moments That you have to let find you (Final Chorus - acceptance) So where did the good times go? Maybe they never really left at all Where did the good times go? Maybe I just stopped hearing when they call 'Cause maybe they've been here all along In the ordinary days Maybe the good times didn't go Maybe I'm just looking the wrong way (Outro - gentle fade) Where did the good times go... Maybe they're still here... Where did the good times go... Maybe they never disappeared...
