Lyric

We met in the hallway

Lockers slamming

Half-awake

You drew stars on your sneakers

Said

“I just need a clean escape”

You laughed at my headphones

Shared one ear

Stole my song

You said

“Promise you’ll remember me

When this place is gone”

We were first verses

Shaky and young

Missed buses

Late bells

Breathing as one

Writing our names on the back of a test

Thinking this must be as good as it gets

Every bell rang like a warning in the air

But we loved like we had all the time to spare

Old couch in your basement

Static glow on your face

We stayed up through the reruns

Dreaming out of this place

You planned out the cities

I folded maps in my mind

You whispered

“We’ll be fearless”

I said

“Just give it time”

We were mixtapes spinning on repeat

Cheap speakers shaking

Tangled feet

Trading our fears in the dark of the room

Kissing between the adverts and news

Every late night felt like it could last

As if growing older wouldn’t come so fast

Ten years and a grey sky

Coffee cooling in your hand

You scroll through the headlines

I’m fixing all our plans

We talk about promotions

Mortgages and bus rides

You say

“Funny how forever

Got crowded by our lives”

We’re in loud rooms

Talking too low

Calendar squares where our feelings go

Promising each other we’ll find a free night

Then falling asleep with the screen still bright

Love turned into lists we never do

I miss the days I only missed you

Now you’re in my messages

Name lighting up my phone

We send tiny blue sentences

To say we feel alone

I walk past our old school

Hear someone call your name

Two kids by the doorway

Starting their own flame

We’re two chapters under a folded page

Same old story

Written at a different age

You’re a song that plays from another room

I hum along but it fades too soon

Guess we learned how to hold on and let go

In a world that keeps changing the show

Did we lose us

Or just change shape

Are we early lovers

Learning to break

If this is how

Our echo sounds

I’ll still be glad

You were around

We’re a long book

Spine worn thin

Ink rubbed soft where your hands had been

Every lifetime we would still collide

In hallways

Basements

Traffic lights

Different pages

Same old tune we knew

In every generation

I would find you