[Verse 1]
Your backpack’s hanging halfway open
Snacks and secrets spilling out
We sneak past fences
Past the cul-de-sac
Where grown-up voices start to shout
Dirt on our shoes and summer freckles
Breathless laughter
Matching scars
You say
“Race you to the river”
Like we could outrun the stars
[Chorus]
We ran into the woods like it’d stay this way forever
Two shadows on the trail
Same heartbeat
Same sweater
But the path split in the pines
And I heard my name
I had to turn back
You stayed in the game
Now I’m packing up my room
Everything’s changing
You’re still there in the trees where our jokes are hanging
We ran into the woods
But we don’t run out together
[Verse 2]
You carved our initials in the hillside
Crooked letters in the bark
Said
“If you ever feel too far gone
Find this tree and find the spark”
Mom’s old car is ticking in the driveway
Cardboard boxes by the door
You’re tracing circles on the map
To where we won’t meet anymore
[Chorus]
We ran into the woods like it’d stay this way forever
Two shadows on the trail
Same heartbeat
Same sweater
But the path split in the pines
And I heard my name
I had to turn back
You stayed in the game
Now I’m folding up my life
Every goodbye’s heavier
You’re still there in the leaves
I wish I was there with you
We ran into the woods
But we don’t run out together
[Bridge]
Will you visit that old tree?
Check our names for both of me? (oh)
I’ll send letters
You send pictures
Of the trails that used to be
[Chorus]
We ran into the woods like it’d stay this way forever
Two shadows on the trail
Same heartbeat
Same sweater
But the path split in the pines
And I heard my name
I had to turn back
You stayed in the game
Now the road keeps rolling out
Miles between our laughter
But I keep that little trail
Playing in my memory after
We ran into the woods
And I still run there to find you