Verse 1 Seventeen with cherry lips, Thought your hands could part the sea. You were older, knew the script, I just played the lead you’d written for me. Summer tasted like gasoline, Windows down, your leather sleeves. Every promise sounded heaven-sent, Even when it made me bleed. Pre-Chorus Well, I guess I don’t believe it like I used to. You said we’re forever, but forever ain’t that long. God, I wish I could capture it all Inside this song. Chorus The things that I felt for you never felt wrong, Now I feel so stupid for loving you so long. You were my religion, my beautiful mistake, A diamond in the dark that slowly turned to smoke. I still hear your name when the radio plays, Still chase the ghost of those California days. If this is how forever ends, Why did forever feel so strong? Verse 2 Your cigarettes and Sunday sins, Gold cross hanging on your chest. You kissed my forehead, called me “kid,” Said I was different from the rest. Now your side of this old bed Feels colder than a church at dawn. I’m learning love can die in slow motion Long before somebody’s gone. Bridge Maybe I just loved the beginning, The version of you that lived in my head. The way you’d smile before the fighting, Before every sweet word turned dead. I’d rewind every sunset if I could, Just to stay where we were young. Back when forever wasn’t breaking, Back before it all came undone. Final Chorus Well, I guess I don’t believe it like I used to. You said we’re forever, but forever ain’t that long. God, I tried to fit our whole story Inside this song. The things that I felt for you never felt wrong, Now I feel so stupid for loving you so long. So I’ll leave your name between these lines, Where broken prayers belong.
