The Way It's Always Been

Verse 1

We used to trace the coastline with our hands

Standing in the window watching rain

Same two hearts but different lands

I still see your smile through the pain

Pre-Chorus

Oh the seasons rearrange

What we were is not the same

Chorus

People change

Like rivers move their beds

People change

Like colors in the leaves

Can't hold the tide

Can't keep the years

People change

And that's the way it's always been

Verse 2

I found your jacket still in my drawer

The lint and the lint of who we were

I let it go through the open door

Forgiving is a slower kind of cure

Pre-Chorus

Oh the mirrors rearrange

What I see is not the same

Chorus

People change

Like rivers move their beds

People change

Like colors in the leaves

Can't hold the tide

Can't keep the years

People change

And that's the way it's always been

Bridge

Maybe we were only passing through

Lessons wearing borrowed shoes

I thank the night for every kiss

Every scar is evidence of this

Chorus

People change

Like rivers move their beds

People change

Like colors in the leaves

Can't hold the tide

Can't keep the years

People change

And that's the way it's always been