Labrats - Slipping Years

Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
I was ten, chasing kites in the summer glow,
Mud on my shoes, didn’t care where the hours go.
Turned sixteen, sneaking out when the stars came alive,
Felt like forever, driving fast down an open drive.

[Pre-Chorus]
Time was a river, wide and slow,
Now it’s a current, pulling where I don’t know.

[Chorus]
Slipping years, they’re running wild,
Childhood’s a memory, faded in a child’s smile.
Every moment spins, faster every day,
Slipping years, but I’m living anyway.

[Verse 2]
Hit my twenties, city lights and a restless heart,
Late nights talking, swearing we’d never drift apart.
Now I’m older, lines on my face tell a tale,
Kids in the yard, and time’s picking up its sail.

[Pre-Chorus]
Time was a river, wide and slow,
Now it’s a current, pulling where I don’t know.

[Chorus]
Slipping years, they’re running wild,
Childhood’s a memory, faded in a child’s smile.
Every moment spins, faster every day,
Slipping years, but I’m living anyway.

[Bridge]
(Chanted, with steady drums and group vocals)
Hold the laughter, catch the tears,
Dance through the moments, through the fleeting years.
Every wrinkle’s a story, every scar’s a song,
Time keeps moving, but I’m holding on.

[Chorus]
Slipping years, they’re running wild,
Childhood’s a memory, faded in a child’s smile.
Every moment spins, faster every day,
Slipping years, but I’m living anyway.

[Outro]
(Fading acoustic, ticking slows, soft piano hum)
Seconds hum, they’re racing past…
I’ll chase the years, make every one last.