Faded Photographs

[Intro] [Verse 1] The walls are peeling memories in frames, A dusty box of laughter I can’t reclaim. Sidewalk cracks where bikes left their scars, Now I’m tracing highways under cold streetlights. [Pre-Chorus] Time’s a thief in a rearview mirror, Stole the days when the world felt clearer. I’d trade these scars for one last summer night, Before the weight of the world turned out the light. [Chorus] Oh, I’d bleed to go back, rewrite the script, To the kid who didn’t know the clock’s cruel grip. Now the man in the glass is a stranger to me, Half the boy who climbed that old oak tree. [Verse 2] The porch swing creaks with ghosts of my name, Mom’s voice echoes in the halls of yesterday. Friends turned to faces, home’s a stranger’s door, And I’m drowning in the silence I ignored. [Pre-Chorus] Regret’s a song on a broken radio, Static verses where the melody won’t go. I’d sell my soul for one more firefly chase, But the past’s a shadow I can’t erase. [Chorus] Oh, I’d bleed to go back, rewrite the script, To the kid who didn’t know the clock’s cruel grip. Now the man in the glass is a stranger to me, Half the boy who climbed that old oak tree. [Bridge] The years carved their warnings in my skin, A hollow heart where the wild wind has been. Every “sorry” I never said, Now haunts the cracks in this king-sized bed. [Breakdown] (Heavy guitar riffs and pounding drums) [Chorus] Oh, I’d bleed to go back, rewrite the script, To the kid who didn’t know the clock’s cruel grip. Now the man in the glass is a stranger to me, Half the boy who climbed that old oak tree. [Outro] (The song fades with a melancholic lead guitar melody, echoing the main riff.)