Back to the Summer of 2004

I found a box on the top shelf in the hall

Ticket stubs and a polaroid, corners torn and small

The night came back in a flash of neon rain

We were laughing in the headlights, calling out our names

Every faded snapshot starts to shimmer and breathe

When the old song hits the radio, I believe

I'm rewatching old memories

Letting them play

Like summer on a screen in middle of May

And for a minute I′m young again

Best living free

With the whole wide world burning brightly

Rewatching old memories

Soft as a spark

You can take me back

To the light

Through the dark

The porch light glowed on the paper cups and sparks

Your voice in the distance, your laugh in the dark

We had nothing but the moment and the open sky

Now I hear it all around me every time I close my eyes

Time may move on, but it never steals the sound

Of a heart that keeps on spinning what it found

I'll be watching old memories, letting them play

Like summer on a screen in the middle of May

And for a minute I'm young again, fearful and free

With the whole wide world burning bright in me

I'll be watching old memories

Salty as a spark

You can take me back

To the light

Through the dark

The years have changed my face

They haven't changed my claim

Every little ghost of joy still knows my name

So turn it up like the chorus tries

I can see my younger self in my own eyes

I'm rewatching old memories

Letting them play

Like summer on a spree from the ill of May

And for a minute I'm young again

Barefoot and free

With the whole wide world burning bright and me

Be watching old memories

Soft as a spark

You can take me back

To them I lie through the dark

You can take me back

To the light through the dark