[Verse 1] Searching through possessions I find pictures from the past Back when life felt simple Like it somehow always lasts We’d show them to the children They’d laugh at how we dressed Now we’re worn and weathered But we gave it all our best [Pre-Chorus] We held the world in photographs But now it slips away [Chorus] No more pictures in your hands Just memories on a screen All the moments that we lived Feel further than they’ve been The waiting’s gone forever No film to be impressed Those days are gone my friend But my God they were the best [Verse 2] Boxes full of memories Left buried out of sight Faces of the ones we lost I’d bring them back tonight This digital horizon No prints are ever made Just a thousand passing moments That slowly start to fade [Pre-Chorus] We’re losing more than photographs We’re losing how it felt [Chorus] No more pictures in your hands Just memories on a screen All the moments that we lived Feel further than they’ve been The waiting’s gone forever No film to be impressed Those days are gone my friend But my God they were the best [Bridge – stripped, emotional] So if you’re clearing out the past Don’t throw it all away Sit down with those you love Let yesterday replay [Final Chorus – big, emotional] Hold those pictures in your hands Don’t let them disappear Every face, every moment Still feels so close from here The echoes last forever Inside your chest Those days are gone my friend But my God they were the best
