I remember young songs
In a white car parked by the mall
Long before I did things down the road
Before I got so tall
And you were always been my friend
In spite of everything I did
And you could always find me hiding out
Despite how quietly I hid
So this is just how I say
Those three words everybody knows
It's not like I found some special thoughts
Mine just found some place to go
And that's why I sing
All these words in such big notes
So that you'll hear me
And wonder what I wrote
I always thought it was just
(I always thought, I always thought)
The way a mother sees a son
(You'd talk, you'd talk)
You'd talk about the way I write
Now you see how far it's come
(Now you see how far, now you see how far)
So I've tucked you into my voice
(Always there for me)
Like how you used to do for me
(High notes, high notes)
You're the warm tone in my high notes
You were my first harmony
(You were my first
You were my first
You were my first
Harmony)
So I thought about the contrast
How things don't always go one way
There was only love when I was young
I just wish enough to stay
And I remember young things
The sad things and the fun things
But I, but I, but I
I saw myself grow tall
Then I stole all of your sleep
Harmed everyone around me
But I sing, I sing
We all fall down
And get back up
(We all fall down
And get back up)
I'd never be the one I am
Without the one you've always been
Through bitter times and better strides
From skating rinks and white car rides
You are the one
The loving hand that built the sun
And that's why I say
All these words stuck in your throats
It's not like I found some special thoughts
Mine just found some place to go
And that's why I sing
All these words in such big notes
So that you'll hear me
And wonder what I wrote