Time Is A Damn Thief

[Verse 1]
Coffee’s gone cold
Sun’s already high
I was just sixteen
Now I’m asking why
Photos on the fridge
Look like someone else
Whole damn life
On a dusty shelf
[Pre-Chorus]
I blink
And the summer’s over
You speak
And we’re growing older
Who stole
All the slow from the days we had?
[Chorus]
Time is a damn thief
Slipping out the back with all my dreams
Doesn’t even leave a note for me
Just fingerprints on everything I need
Time is a damn thief
Laughing while it runs off with my peace
Stealing every first from underneath my feet
Time is a damn thief
From you and me
[Verse 2]
Dad’s old sweater
Hangs by the door
Still smells like rain
And the hardware store
Said we’d get a drink
When things calmed down
Calendar filled
He’s not around
[Pre-Chorus]
I swear
It was just October
You were
Sleeping on my shoulder
Who knew
“Forever” could move this fast?
[Chorus]
Time is a damn thief
Slipping out the back with all my dreams
Doesn’t even leave a note for me
Just fingerprints on everything I need
Time is a damn thief
Laughing while it runs off with my peace
Stealing every first from underneath my feet
Time is a damn thief
From you and me
[Bridge]
Maybe all we get
Are these crooked little seconds (oh)
Burn them like a match
Say the words we always edit
Hold you while it hurts
Let the moment leave a scar
If it’s running off regardless
I’ll meet it where we are (yeah)
[Chorus]
Time is a damn thief
Slipping out the back with all my dreams
Doesn’t even leave a note for me
Just fingerprints on everything I need
Time is a damn thief
Laughing while it runs off with my peace
So I’m holding you as close as you can be
While it takes the rest
It won’t take this from me
Time is a damn thief
From you and me (oh-oh)

pop, Soulful pop ballad with steady mid-tempo groove, warm Rhodes piano and mellow electric guitar; male vocals front and center with smoky tone, subtle choir-style harmonies in the chorus. Drums stay laid-back with rimshots and soft kick; pre-chorus lifts with bass swells and airy pads, final chorus adds stacked ad-libs and a gentle key change for a cathartic, sing-along finish., soulful