[Intro – distant crowd noise, clean guitar harmonics, ambient pad]
We were sixteen...
Before the world got loud
[Verse 1 – clean guitar, minimal 808, soft vocal]
Summer air through a cracked car door
We swore we’d never need much more
Cheap gas, nowhere to go
Just chasing pink and gold sunsets slow
No pressure, no plan
Just ink on our hands
Thought ten years was far away
Now it’s here and I can’t explain
[Pre-Chorus – guitar swell, live drums enter softly]
Every old song hits like a wave
Pulls me back to who I was
Before I cared so much
[Build – snare rolls, vocal chop rising, synth tension]
Don’t let it fade
Don’t let it fade
Count it down
[Drop 1 – sidechained synth chords, live drums layered, bass punch]
...
[Chorus – distorted guitar, big layered vocals]
Take me back to sixteen
When forever didn’t mean a thing
We were reckless, we were free
Nothing hanging over me
Now it’s 2026
Same skyline, different fix
Every summer hits like this
I’m still sixteen in the static
[Instrumental Break – melodic guitar lead over 808 bass]
...
[Rap Verse – 808 heavy, trap hi-hats, drums punchy]
Yeah
We had dreams bigger than the town line
Late night talks on a cracked iPhone 5
Said we’d leave, never look behind
Now we’re older but the fear’s the same size
Group chats dead, but I scroll through
Every memory feels brand new
Thought we’d all make it somehow
Funny how that sounds right now
[Pre-Chorus – drums cut, ambient pad, vocal raw]
If I close my eyes
I’m right back there
Windows down
Midnight air
[Build – snare build faster, guitar distortion rising]
Ten years gone
But it feels so near
[Drop 2 – bigger melodic bass stack, brighter synth lead, full drums]
...
[Chorus – higher energy, layered shout vocals]
Take me back to sixteen
When the future looked evergreen
No rent due, no in-between
Just dumb love and gasoline
Now it’s 2026
Same old songs I can’t resist
Every chorus hits like this
I’m still sixteen in the static
[Bridge – drums drop out, clean guitar, emotional vocal]
Maybe we were naive
Maybe that’s what we need
A little less reality
A little more “we’ll see”
We thought growing up was winning
No one told us what we’d miss
[Final Build – heavy snare roll, vocal echo, synth rise]
Don’t let it fade
Don’t let it fade
[Final Drop – full band + melodic bass fusion]
...
[Outro – guitar feedback, crowd chant feel]
Sixteen
Sixteen
Still in the static
DreamyCow
