verse

do you remember, black tops homeless in the summer

and can you see it now, our minds wild like the doves

and if you could taste it, would it take you back to those bright-eyed lives on the beaches

I can feel it now

chorus

So don’t forget about chasing you on that open yard

our parents screaming out that its dark

those lives we lived, chasing ghosts felt like a dream

and do you think about dressing up just to stay at home

mimi’s laughter waiting on the phone

you held my hand until my dad came around

and now you’re letting go

trading minutes for miles

verse

blink once, and we’re sixteen

new cars, Fergie down the highway

I got my heart broke first and I cried at your sister’s party

I can feel it now

chorus

So don’t forget about chasing you on that open yard

our parents screaming out that its dark

those lives we lived, chasing ghosts felt like a dream

and do you think about dressing up just to stay at home

mimi’s laughter waiting on the phone

you held my hand until my dad came around

and now you’re letting go

post-chorus

for eighteen years I never said goodbye

I don’t know how, wish you’d stay by my side

but the ghosts live on and our cafe still exists

and when you come back home you’ll see us nearly five

silhouettes of another life

when you held my hand, and my dad he’s finally come around

and now you’re letting go

trading minutes for miles

k.m // 6.2021