Oh, how I've tried to get you out of my head.
And I lie broken in words I said...
Never thought I'd walk on this street again.
Standing where it all began.
Tried to forget when I left this town...
But it takes me right back when I come back around.
Retrace the steps we took on that long summer night.
I'm back there by your side.
Retrace the steps we took when we met worlds away.
Counting backwards while the stars are falling.
Oh, how I find, every subtle thing screams your name.
It reminds me of places and times we've shared.
Couldn't live locked in these memories.
Now I'm chained to my thoughts again.
And I tried to forget when I left this town...
But I'll take you right back if you come back around.
Retrace the steps we took on that long summer night.
I'm back there by your side.
Retrace the steps we took when we met worlds away.
Counting backwards while the stars are falling.
I need some shelter. I need some safety.
Photographs, they haunt me lately.
Chasing shadows as the evening takes me.
I'm still searching, but the pictures fading.
Retrace the steps we took on that long summer night.
I'm there by your side.
Retrace the steps we took when we met worlds away.
Counting backwards. Still counting backwards.
And no where else has ever felt like home.
And I can't fall asleep when i'm lying here alone.
I replay your voice, it's like you're here.
You move the earth, but now the sky is falling.
Retrace the steps we took on that long summer night.
In my mind, I'm back by your side.
Retrace the steps we took when we met worlds away.
Counting backwards while the stars are falling.
And I lie broken in words I said...
Never thought I'd walk on this street again.
Standing where it all began.
But it takes me right back when I come back around.
I'm back there by your side.
Retrace the steps we took when we met worlds away.
Counting backwards while the stars are falling.
It reminds me of places and times we've shared.
Couldn't live locked in these memories.
Now I'm chained to my thoughts again.
But I'll take you right back if you come back around.
I'm back there by your side.
Retrace the steps we took when we met worlds away.
Counting backwards while the stars are falling.
Photographs, they haunt me lately.
Chasing shadows as the evening takes me.
I'm still searching, but the pictures fading.
I'm there by your side.
Retrace the steps we took when we met worlds away.
Counting backwards. Still counting backwards.
And I can't fall asleep when i'm lying here alone.
I replay your voice, it's like you're here.
You move the earth, but now the sky is falling.
In my mind, I'm back by your side.
Retrace the steps we took when we met worlds away.
Counting backwards while the stars are falling.
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everytime i think of this song, i think of an old love that i had back in High School. She pulled me around and played with my emotions but somehow, i still have feelings for her, even after 4 years. I've moved on but i still think of her all the time
Wow. Same here.
Wow. Same here.
i'm in that same boat also. with the whole playing with emotions thing too. it sucks. it's only been a month for me since it ended and not years, so i do still have some feelings and think of her all the time too. some girls i just don't get and she's one of them, but why do i like her so much? idk...i just don't know.
i'm in that same boat also. with the whole playing with emotions thing too. it sucks. it's only been a month for me since it ended and not years, so i do still have some feelings and think of her all the time too. some girls i just don't get and she's one of them, but why do i like her so much? idk...i just don't know.
Reminds me of my first girlfriend in high school, who taught me what love is, and how beautiful life was when you found it. These lyrics express that sort of blissful nostalgia perfectly
I'm doing this by ear, so any corrections are welcomed.
I think it's Photographs, they hold me lately.
It's "Photographs they haunt me lately."
yea aaleman1 is right, its "photographs, the haunt me lately"
Fix'd.
"back" should be included in the chorus part "I'm (back) there by your side.
This song is about someone who cannot move on from a past love, revisiting his memories which are raised especially when he goes back to the town where they had a romance. Reminiscing, he admits that he cannot let go and forget, and offers if only she'd come back to that town, they could both go back to those memories. Beautiful song..
I agree with what taboo said. I mean, I instantly thought of my ex when I heard this song. He's the one who left though, not me. But you get the point still lol