Back Then

I never told you how I held my breath

Every time you smiled and every time you left

We Were kids with secret songs and secret plans

Like the world would hush when I reached for your hand

We Swore forever on that Saturday night

Under the broken lamp and soft pale light

No One knew the way you watched me then

Like I was the only name you kept in your head

Back Then it was us against the world

Two Reckless hearts a boy and a girl

We Carved our names where nobody could see

We Promised forever but time slipped free

And I Still see your face in every place we went

God I Would trade anything to go back then

I Never told you how I cried that day

When Your father's car took you far away

I Kept the letters folded in my coat

Pages of a love I never learned to show

You Were coffee at sunrise and thunder in the rain

The Only cure I had for quiet and for pain

Now All I have are echoes in my chest

A Love I buried but never let rest

Back Then it was us against the world

Two Reckless hearts a boy and a girl

We Carved our names where nobody could see

We Promised forever but time slipped free

And I Still see your face in every place we went

God I Would trade anything to go back then

I Never told you that I still dream at night

That You walk back through the door and make the wrong feel right

But Time moves slow and then it steals the truth away

And Secrets live in cracks where light could never stay

We Were young and fragile and we lost our way

But I Keep loving every yesterday

Back Then it was us against the world

Two Reckless hearts a boy and a girl

We Carved our names where nobody could see

We Promised forever but time slipped free

And If I never see your face again

I Will keep wishing we were back then

Back Then when you were mine

Back Then when forever felt alive

Back Then