Lyric

Footsteps echo on the after‑school yard

Someone far away, fading in the dark

But I kept chasing after you alone

Your silhouette was all I’d ever known

Your profile glistens in the May rain

A quiet ache cuts through me again

All the words I never learned to say

Tremble softly as they drift away

If you could forgive me

If you could ever love me

I wouldn’t mind being selfish now

I want every part of you somehow—

Before the magic of first love disappears

A bicycle bell rings through the air

On a sunset‑colored sloping stair

Walking home with you side by side

I thought that moment would never die

When you turned and gave that gentle smile

It made my courage fade for a while

My fingertips reach out but lose their way—

In innocence, a maze where feelings stray

If you could forgive me

If you could ever love me

I wouldn’t mind being selfish now

Your swaying skirt, your shadow soft and thin—

I don’t want to lose a single second

Growing up felt just a little frightening

Wishing time would stop instead of tightening

The more I prayed for things to stay the same

The faster the world began to change

If you could forgive me

If you could ever love me

I wouldn’t mind being selfish now

I want every part of you somehow—

Before the magic of first love disappears

Let this love be carved in us forever