Verse 1 Found an old picture in a cardboard box Dust on the edges, time on the clock Everybody smiling like nothing could break Like forever was a promise we were gonna make There’s a girl in the corner with stars in her eyes A kid with a dream bigger than his size A couple holding on like they knew the way Funny how everything can change Pre-Chorus We thought we had forever We thought we knew ourselves We were writing stories We’d never get to tell Chorus We’re all ghosts in the photograph Frozen in a moment that went too fast Laughing at a future we couldn’t see Standing where we thought we’d always be Now the years roll by like a passing train Some faces left and some remain But every time I look back We’re all ghosts in the photograph Verse 2 Somebody moved across the country line Somebody lost what they thought they’d find Somebody became everything they said Somebody’s chasing different roads instead And the person staring back at me Looks familiar but not completely Like a stranger wearing my old name Trying to remember who I was that day Pre-Chorus We thought we had forever We thought we’d stay the same But life keeps turning pages And nothing stays in frame Chorus We’re all ghosts in the photograph Frozen in a moment that went too fast Laughing at a future we couldn’t see Standing where we thought we’d always be Now the years roll by like a passing train Some faces left and some remain But every time I look back We’re all ghosts in the photograph Bridge If I could step inside that picture I’d tell them not to be afraid The heartbreak and the victories Are all part of who they’ll be someday I’d tell them Love harder Stay longer Take the chance Make the call Because nobody in that photograph Knows what’s coming at all Final Chorus We’re all ghosts in the photograph Living in a world that never lasts Still shining in a little piece of time Like stars that history left behind And somewhere in another year Someone else will find us here Smiling from a life gone past Like ghosts in the photograph Outro Dust on the edges Time on the frame Everybody’s changed But the photograph stayed the same…
