

Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] We were kids in your basement Posters peeling off the wall You were learning your first chords I was trying not to fall Summer air in the window Dust dancing in the light You laughed when you broke a string Said “Guess we’re here all night” [Chorus] That’s how it all started One cracked cup of coffee Your dad’s old guitar And your eyes on me Just one offhand question “Stay a little longer?” That crooked little moment Keeps on growing stronger Yeah That’s how it all started [Verse 2] You traced lines on a roadmap Said “Someday I’ll leave this town” I drew circles ’round your fingers Said “I’ll follow you around” You played me that new chorus Kept on tripping on the words So I sang the missing pieces Till the whole room finally heard [Chorus] That’s how it all started Two hearts out of rhythm Finding the same key Till they sang as one Just one quiet promise “Let’s get outta here” Now every crowded highway Leads me back to there Yeah That’s how it all started [Bridge] We’ve had fights in parking lots Silence on the interstate Goodbyes we never meant Doors we slammed too late But when I start to wonder If we’ve come undone I see your hands on that old guitar And we’re right back at day one (oh) [Chorus] That’s how it all started You humming in the half-dark Trying not to be heard I was hanging on each word Just one small beginning We never saw coming Every “still can’t live without you” Is born from that first something Yeah That’s how it all started That’s how it all started
Tags
folk, Warm fingerpicked acoustic guitar in an intimate room, male vocals up-close and confessional. First verse almost whispered, breath on the mic; light brushed percussion and soft piano enter by the second chorus. Subtle vocal doubles and low harmonies lift the hooks, with a gentle swell in the bridge then a final, fragile chorus that pulls the energy right back down., warm, emotional, acoustic, male vocals, singer-songwriter
3:08
No
2/20/2026