16 (Already Too Late) Lyrics

At 16

It was already

Too late for all the things you should’ve said

And lately

I’ve been dreaming

Of going back to see the way it could’ve been

For you and me

But my nostalgic tendencies forgot to breathe

And fade out of memory

Fade out of memory

Green or blue

It’s like I never knew

Now I’m trying to reconstruct

Where we were

When we learned

That we’d never be forever

Your eyes were burning embers

Like sunsets in November

They must’ve been read

Cause they sure bled

And since then

I’ve lived in the present

But now I’m aching to remember who I’ve been

I was my father’s son

At least in photographs

I was eager to learn

And the sun was brighter

Now I’m quick to judge

And doubt comes twice as fast

Will I become someone

Worthy of remembering

Or will I be lost to forever

And now that

I’ve forgotten half

Of all the things that made me scream or cry or laugh

I’m wondering

If I haven’t been aware for what might be

The only chance that I ever get to experience this

Bittersweet

Harmony of love and tragedy

That makes me human

And temporarily real

So I can temporarily feel

Alive

Alive

Sifting through memories of misery (Sifting through memories of misery)

And drifting through fading dreams (And drifting through fading dreams of who I could be)

So I can find who I was (And wishing that I had been paying attention to)

And explain who I am (Anything at all)

But I can’t remember (Sifting through memories of misery)

What’s unforgettable (And drifting through fading dreams of who I could be)

Wish I’d remember (And wishing that I had been paying attention to)

Anything at all