After school
Walking home
Fresh dirt under my fingernails
And I can smell hot asphalt
Cars screech to a halt to let us pass

And how can I remember what life was like through photographs
I'm trying to recreate images life gives us from our past

Sometimes it's a sad song

But I cannot forget
Refuse to regret
So glad I met you
Take my breath away
Make every day
Worth all of the pain that I've gone through
And mama, I've been cryin'
'Cause things ain't how they used to be
She said, the battle's almost won
And we're only several miles from the sun

Moving on down the street
I see people I won't ever meet
I think of her, take a breath
Feel the beat of the rhythm of my steps

Sometimes it's a sad song

But I cannot forget
Refuse to regret
So glad I met you
Take my breath away
Make every day
Worth all of the pain that I've gone through
And mama, I've been cryin'
'Cause things ain't how they used to be
She said, the battle's almost won
And we're only several miles from the sun

The rhythm of her conversation
The perfection of her creation
The kiss she slipped into my ramen
The way she'd always keep 'em comin'

Hate to like and like to hate her
Like a half-breed second-rater
Back and forth and here and gone
And on and on and on and on

But I cannot forget
Refuse to regret
So glad I met you
Take my breath away
Make every day
Worth all of the pain that I've gone through
And mama, I've been cryin'
'Cause things ain't how they used to be
She said, the battle's almost won
And we're only several miles
She said, the battle's almost won
And we're only several miles from the sun