Reminiscence

Verse 1

Another shift is over, the clock hits five,

Stuck in traffic, barely feeling alive.

Just a single guy living day to day,

Working off the debt of the bills I pay.

The dashboard glows in the fading light,

As the windshield weeps in the autumn night.

I turn the dial, just looking for noise,

To drown out the ghost of the lost decoy.

Then the static clears and the needle drops,

And time itself just freezes and stops.

A familiar chord rings out through the air,

And pulls me back to a lifetime there.

No details clear, just a sudden wave,

Of everything that I couldn't save...

Hook

This song takes me back to when I was 17,

We used to rule the world when it was you and me.

Now I'm just a shadow in a quiet room,

Chasing down the echoes of a distant bloom.

Yeah, the radio bleeds, and it cuts so deep,

A bittersweet promise that I couldn't keep.

Verse 2

I see the basement walls and the haze of smoke,

The wild-eyed dreams and the oaths we spoke.

You were my anchor, my oxygen, my soul,

Before ambition took over and paid its toll.

I packed my bags for the neon lights,

Chasing stadium ghosts and electric nights.

I told you I'd make it, I'd be a rock star,

Even if it drove us apart so far.

I remember the morning I had to ride,

With your tears falling heavy on the passenger side.

As I pulled away down that shattered street,

That exact same song played on repeat.

The tires spun gravel, the windows fell down,

As I watched you fade from that dying town...

Hook

This song takes me back to when I was 17,

We used to rule the world when it was you and me.

Now I'm just a shadow in a quiet room,

Chasing down the echoes of a distant bloom.

Yeah, the radio bleeds, and it cuts so deep,

A bittersweet promise that I couldn't keep.

Verse 3

Now I'm back in the present, the stereo's off,

Just the sound of my breathing, a hollow cough.

I picked up my guitar when the feeling hit,

To carve out the pain and to master it.

I wrote down these lines as a permanent scar,

To remember the girl and to honor the bar.

A permanent marker of where I began,

Before I became this road-weary man.

So let the chord ring out till the strings wear thin,

Let the memory burn where it all caves in.

I'm locking it down in a melody line,

To freeze us forever in space and time...

Hook - Final Repeat 1

This song takes me back to when I was 17,

We used to rule the world when it was you and me.

Now I'm just a shadow in a quiet room,

Chasing down the echoes of a distant bloom.

Yeah, the radio bleeds, and it cuts so deep,

A bittersweet promise that I couldn't keep.

Hook - Final Repeat 2

This song takes me back to when I was 17,

We used to rule the world when it was you and me.

Now I'm just a shadow in a quiet room,

Chasing down the echoes of a distant bloom.

Yeah, the radio bleeds, and it cuts so deep,

A bittersweet promise that I couldn't keep.