Cameras Flash, Hearts Remember

I found the box of faded light

Old photo booths and sleepless nights

Disposable cameras, paper tears

We laughed so hard it outlived years

Sticky fingerprints, cracked plastic frame

Half of our faces, half of our names

The flash went off like a tiny spark

And left its echo in the dark

Now every corner of this quiet town

Still hums the way we lifted it up off the ground

And through the mouth changed our view

Somehow the light still carries you

We were fire in the frame

We were gold in the rain

A moment that would never stay

But never leave again

In every strip of memory

In every silver glow

The things we thought were gone

Still know

I've tried not to hold on

Long after the moment's come

I keep a ticket stub, a shaky smile

A song from the backseat, driving for miles

The world was smaller, our hearts were wide

We lived like there was nothing to hide

And now the years roll softly through

But every photograph keeps pulling me to you

The colour may have worn away

Still something in that frame won't fade

We were fire in the frame

We were gold in the rain

A moment that would never stay

But never leave again

In every strip of memory, in every silver glow

The things we thought were gone still know

How to shine, how to hold on

Long after the moment's gone

If drown is a river, then I'm still knee-deep in it

Watching the sunlight break across every minute

And when the last beer turns, I swear

Your light is living somewhere

We were fire in their frame

We were gold in their rain

A moth that would never stay

But never leap again

So lift it high, let it blur

Let it burn through the snow

The things we love don't merely go

But change the shape of who we are

And glow on, glow on

Long after they're gone