Parentheses Lyrics

It's so good to see you

How have you been?

I heard you got married

Had a couple kids

If you've got some pictures of them I'd love to see

But in parentheses

(It kills me that your kids and my kids won't have the same last name

My picture won't live in your wallet so long it starts to fade

Breathe in and smile to hold back the tears

I'm so pathetic but it's so weird

How we used to be so caught up in love

now we're just catching up)

I'm doing real good

Still chasing my dream

My sister got married but

I don't have a ring

And I think I'm getting close to where I've always wanted to be

But in parentheses

(I always thought you'd come back

Thought I couldn't be replaced

Since I'm not the one, can I be the one that got away?

If 18 year old me saw us here

She wouldn't be able to hold back the tears

Cause we used to be so caught up in love

Oh we were so in love

Then we just blinked

Now we never speak

I watched our love shrink

into memories that I can't frame above the fireplace

So they clutter every corner of my brain

But I don't even know this version of you

You could just be a shell of the person I knew

Nostalgia in flesh and bone

A start with the rest unknown

So I won't say what I think

I'll keep it short & sweet

Leave these thoughts locked between parentheses)

It's so good to see you

I'll see you around

Tell your mom I said hi

I'm sure she's glad you're back in town