Verse 1
We were too young to understand the kind of love we had,
Not the kind that burns too fast — more the kind that quietly lasts,
I said:
“It’s platonic… but the way Plato meant”
Like two lost souls somehow heaven-sent
I was the wild boy with the restless heart,
Always halfway gone before the start,
And God… I loved you in that impossible way…
Where timing steals the words we never say
Pre-Chorus
But one day i simply left this world. But kept my promise forever.
Chorus
So, i’m still around…
Somewhere between memory and now
Like thunder rolling underneath the rain,
Like a voice that find you before you break again,
Pulling you back when the darkness settles in,
Like you still know where my soul begins
I’m Still around…
Verse 2
Then life moved on like it always does,
Different roads, different dreams ahead of us,
And when I finally stood there free…
You had already found the life without me
I looked at you with that reckless grin: "He'd better treat you properly, in good times and bad... Otherwise he'll have me to deal with!" I said.
That was my way, to say goodbye to you
Pre-Chorus 2
But I promised:
“Forever… and much longer still”
Like that old Bon Jovi song always wil
Big Chorus
And now you feel me sometimes and say to me:
You still around…
Like headlights cutting through this town
When my world turns into a golden cage,
When I lose myself just trying to survive another day,
You pull me back before I disappear…
Like you still know exactly who I am beneath the fear
Still around…
Bridge
What hurts the most…
Is that I didn’t see it.
Not really.
I thought you’d always survive somehow.
You were the loud laugh in every room.
The wild boy with too much heart.
The one carrying everybody else while falling apart.
And sometimes I still think about that night…
The phone call.
The silence.
That feeling deep inside.
Maybe it was you.
Maybe it wasn’t.
But somehow inside me I knew.
And even now… years later…
You still show up before the storms arrive.
In dreams.
In instincts.
In moments that pull me back to life.
And honestly?
I still laugh imagining you now…
Some chaotic guardian angel on your Bonneville somehow.
Leather jacket.
Boots.
Big mouth.
Big heart.
And yeah… if you insist on staying by my side forever…
Then the pink fairy dress stays on.
Final Chorus
And you’re still around…
In every fire that refuses to burn out
In every dream that pulls me back to life,
In every moment where my soul remembers why,
And maybe we were never meant to stay…
Maybe we were only meant to shape each other’s way
You said forever… and much longer still…
And somehow… you always will
You are here…
Whenever I need you close to me…
I can’t see you…
But somehow I still feel you next to me…
You kept your promise honestly…
Always and forever…
Right beside me
Outro
You feel it
I‘m stay beside you, always and a Little bit longer…
SoulDrifter