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Verse 1
The sound of little feet
Coming down the hall
Sticky bubblegum in the background
Toys in a line against the wall
I caught myself just standing there
Trying to hold the sound
Like paying close enough attention
Could slow a Tuesday down
Chorus
How much of this
Gets to stay?
How many afternoons
Just drift away?
Pictures hold the stillness
Of something already gone
Videos don't bring it back
They just say it happened once
Verse 2
There's a clip on my phone
From some random Tuesday night
My wife laughing in the kitchen
Kids running through the kitchen light
Nothing happened really
Just the dog, the dishes, the noise
Funny how a regular evening
Turns into something
You'd trade anything for
Post-Chorus
Nobody tells you
While you're standing in it
You're already
Inside the memory
Verse 3
I wonder what ninety feels like
When decades fold into a song
When you spend more time looking back
Than waiting for what's coming on
And if the hardest part of loving anyone
Is the part you can't hold onto
Bridge
Time doesn't ask
What you wanted to keep
It just keeps going
And you keep up
You never know
Which afternoon was the one
Till it's already done
Final Chorus
How much will I actually carry
The sound of their voices
The way they ran to me
Or will it all go soft at the edges
Pieces, fragments
A few bright frames
Like headlights
Going small down the road
Outro
Guess that's why
I keep the camera close
Trying to hold onto something
That was never gonna stay
The sound of little feet
Coming down the hall
Sticky bubblegum in the background
Toys in a line against the wall
I caught myself just standing there
Trying to hold the sound
Like paying close enough attention
Could slow a Tuesday down
Chorus
How much of this
Gets to stay?
How many afternoons
Just drift away?
Pictures hold the stillness
Of something already gone
Videos don't bring it back
They just say it happened once
Verse 2
There's a clip on my phone
From some random Tuesday night
My wife laughing in the kitchen
Kids running through the kitchen light
Nothing happened really
Just the dog, the dishes, the noise
Funny how a regular evening
Turns into something
You'd trade anything for
Post-Chorus
Nobody tells you
While you're standing in it
You're already
Inside the memory
Verse 3
I wonder what ninety feels like
When decades fold into a song
When you spend more time looking back
Than waiting for what's coming on
And if the hardest part of loving anyone
Is the part you can't hold onto
Bridge
Time doesn't ask
What you wanted to keep
It just keeps going
And you keep up
You never know
Which afternoon was the one
Till it's already done
Final Chorus
How much will I actually carry
The sound of their voices
The way they ran to me
Or will it all go soft at the edges
Pieces, fragments
A few bright frames
Like headlights
Going small down the road
Outro
Guess that's why
I keep the camera close
Trying to hold onto something
That was never gonna stay