[TITLE: WHERE DID WE GO?]
[GENRE: Indie Pop, Alternative Rock, Electronic Rock, Indie Hip-Hop, Crunchy Guitars, Warm Bass, Punchy Studio Drums, Atmospheric Synths, Nostalgic Melodies, BIG EMOTIONAL MALE CHORUS, ALL MALE VOCALS, NO FEMALE VOCALS, STUDIO RECORDING]
[INTRO: Clean nostalgic guitar, soft synth.]
[VERSE 1: MALE, conversational.]
I found an old picture
Tucked inside a drawer.
We were laughing like the world
Couldn't hurt us anymore.
Same beat-up shoes.
Same stupid dreams.
God, I miss the person
I thought I'd always be.
Now the years keep moving
And I barely feel them pass.
Everybody's getting older.
When the hell did that happen?
[BEAT: Warm bass, drums, crunchy guitar.]
I still know the songs
We used to scream in the car.
Funny how a melody
Can take you right back where you are.
[PRE-CHORUS]
I don't wanna go back.
I just wish I could visit.
[CHORUS: BIG EMOTIONAL MALE VOCAL.]
Where did we go?
How did the years disappear?
One minute we were young,
Now we're standing here.
Where did we go?
I don't wanna turn back time.
I just miss the way it felt
When everything seemed built to last.
[VERSE 2: MALE RAP, reflective and rhythmic.]
Yeah—
We thought we'd have forever,
Never counted down the days.
Thought growing up meant freedom,
Didn't know what growing up would take.
Now I got responsibilities
Stacked up on my back.
Bills, jobs, family,
Trying not to lose track.
And I wouldn't trade it.
That's the fucked-up part.
I love the life I built,
I just miss where it started.
Sometimes I hear an old song
And I'm twenty again.
For three fucking minutes,
I'm hanging out with my friends.
Then the song fades out,
And I'm standing in my kitchen.
Wondering how the hell
The years disappeared.
[BACKGROUND MALE, quiet.]
You'd be proud of him.
[MAIN]
I hope so.
[CHORUS]
Where did we go?
How did the years disappear?
One minute we were young,
Now we're standing here.
Where did we go?
I don't wanna turn back time.
I just miss the way it felt
When everything seemed built to last.
[INSTRUMENTAL: 20 seconds. Nostalgic guitar lead, warm bass, drums, synths. NO VOCALS.]
[BRIDGE: Clean guitar and soft piano.]
Maybe growing up
Doesn't mean losing who we were.
Maybe it's carrying that kid
With us everywhere we go.
[BACKGROUND MALE, very quiet.]
He's still in there.
[MAIN]
Yeah.
[FINAL CHORUS: BIGGEST, emotional MALE vocal, heavier guitars.]
Where did we go?
How did the years disappear?
One minute we were young,
Now we're standing here.
Where did we go?
I don't wanna turn back time.
I just miss the way it felt
When everything seemed built to last.
Where did we go?
[OUTRO: Clean guitar fades.]
I hope we didn't lose ourselves.
[Silence.]