POP Music. Song: We Are No Longer Those.

Do you remember when we thought we'd never change?
Time was standing still back then
Many years have passed since then
I can see it in your eyes
We're not the same but that's okay

All those moments slip away
Like water through our hands
But I'm still here, you're still here
We're still standing

Remember summer nights when we were seventeen
Thought we'd live forever in that small town scene
Now I look at photographs and barely recognize
The girl I used to be behind these older eyes

You moved away to chase your dreams out west
I stayed behind and tried to do my best
Letters turned to emails, emails turned to none
But memories don't fade when all is said and done

I found love and lost it, learned to start again
Built a life that's nothing like we thought back then
But when I hear our song play on the radio
I'm seventeen again and everything I know

Changes like the seasons, nothing stays the same
We collect our scars and learn to play the game
But somewhere in my heart you're still that teenage boy
Who believed in everything with wonder and with joy

I drive past our old school on my way to work
See new faces in the halls where we once used to lurk
The lockers hold new secrets, new hearts break and heal
But our time was just as precious, just as pure and real.

Sometimes I wonder if you think of me at all
When autumn leaves are falling or when snowflakes start to fall
Do you miss the way we'd talk until the morning came?
Or are we just chapters in each other's book of pain?

I learned to let you go but keep you close inside
A beautiful reminder of the girl I used to hide
She was brave and full of fire, unafraid to feel
Now I know that letting go can also help us heal

Many years have passed since we were you and me
But I'm grateful for the ways you helped me learn to see
That growing up's not losing who we used to be
It's adding to the story, setting our hearts free

So here's to all the years that brought us to today
To all the roads we've walked and prices that we've paid
I hope you found your happiness somewhere out there
I hope you know you'll always have a place in my prayer
Many years have passed
But some things always last