Back When Time Was Loose

Yeah

Back when time was loose

Uh, uh, uh

We got lost in the glow of a brand-new game

Controller warm, forgetting our names

Mom yelling, "Dinner!" We yell back, "Five!"

Like we had all the time in our lives

Movie nights, that salty butter smell

Sticky floors, seats that squeaked like hell

Sneaking laughs in the dark back row

Thinking this is it, this is gold

We didn't know what we were doing

But we knew how to feel alive

Back when time was loose

And the rules felt optional too

Heart racing just to break away

Doing dumb things just to feel okay

Yeah, we were wild, yeah, we were young

Chasing highs that didn't last long

But man, we lived it hard and true

Back when time was loose

Yeah, cut class, heart pounding down the hall

Laughing quiet so we wouldn't get caught

One joint passed, hands shaking just a bit

Then back to class, trying not to exist

Staring at the desk like it's moving slow

Paranoid smiles, trying not to show

Teacher talking, world spinning wide

Swearing we'd never survive

Every risk felt huge back then

Every moment hit like ten

Back when time was loose

And the night didn't need an excuse

Kissing girls in the parking lot

Radio loud in a hand-me-down car

Yeah, we were broke, yeah, we were free

Didn't know what we were gonna be

We were just trying to feel something true

Back when time was loose (phaw, phaw)

Long summer days that never ended

Disappear for weeks, just friends and chances

No plans, no phones, just miles and sun

Running from nothing, chasing anyone

We ditched the world and called it living

Every minute just taking, not giving

I didn't know it then, but I know it now, lay low

That was lightning, and we were standing in it

Back when time was loose