The Moon

Every year my sleepy little town puts on a summer festival

They decorate the streets with tacky lights and streamers

But nothing is quite like the moon

The giant, illuminated, moon

That's never the same size or shape each year

But always somehow looks the same to me

Last summer, four of us were bored

We came up with a plan

As ridiculous as anything we'd done

But we never thought we'd get far

'Cause adulthood was so very far away

Chorus 1

We flew down the streets on our bicycles

Beneath fireworks that lit up the sky

We looked in the windows of passing cars

We laughed as the moon nearly hit a sign

We carried that moon through the midnight air

And for once, the world just seemed fair

As we drove along, the moon began to wobble

And we all started laughing hysterically

And in the middle of the madness

I leaned over and kissed her, my first love

And she leaned in and she kissed me back

And she said, "I finally understand"

And I said, "This night has suspended time"

Chorus 2

We flew down the street in my old pickup

With fireworks reflecting in your eyes

I'll never forget that first sweet kiss

You leaned in and you made me believe

That the moon was our trophy of the night

And for once, the world just seemed right

Then, at the worst possible time

A secret came out that no one knew

A friend had been pretending

That everything was just fine

But when he finally confessed

He said, "This will end our friendship"

And we got mad and we got hurt

And we all tried to hold on to

One memory

Chorus 3

Four friends all driving different ways

Beneath fireworks that lit up our faces

We clung to the moon as our evidence

That for once, the world made some sense

Years later when I hear that summer song

Or I see that old picture of the moon

The memory comes like fireworks

And I know our friendship was imperfect

But it was real

Chorus 4

Beneath that moon from our vanished summer

We look back with our bittersweet smiles

That moon is my beacon from the past

And though we can never go back

I'm just so glad that we had it