Verse 1:
Seventeen winters, still feels like yesterday
Your laugh in the hallway, then it all slipped away
They said time would heal it, but time don’t explain
Why your name still echoes through every ounce of pain
You keep all her pictures in a box by your bed
Sometimes you still whisper all the things left unsaid
You learned how to smile so nobody could tell
But you carry her memory like a beautiful hell
Pre-Chorus:
And I know some nights it hits you like a wave
Like you’re drowning in the moments you couldn’t save
Chorus:
But she’s in the sunlight falling on your face
In every little thing, she never left your space
In the songs you both loved, in the dreams you chase
Seventeen years but you still feel her embrace
And it’s okay if your heart still breaks in two
‘Cause love like that don’t fade, it just changes view
She’s not gone, she lives in everything you do
Verse 2:
You remember the summers, barefoot in the rain
Late night talks where you’d laugh through the pain
She knew all your secrets, every hidden scar
Now you look up at heaven when you don’t know where you are
You wish you could call her, hear her voice one more time
Tell her all the ways you’re still trying to be fine
But she’s in your courage every time you stand
In the strength that you didn’t know you had
Pre-Chorus:
And I know some days you don’t wanna be strong
Like the world kept spinning but it all went wrong
Chorus:
But she’s in the sunlight falling on your face
In every little thing, she never left your space
In the songs you both loved, in the dreams you chase
Seventeen years but you still feel her embrace
And it’s okay if your heart still breaks in two
‘Cause love like that don’t fade, it just changes view
She’s not gone, she lives in everything you do
Bridge:
Close your eyes, you might hear her in the breeze
In the quiet, in the spaces in between
Every tear is just love you couldn’t lose
Every memory’s a piece she left with you
Final Chorus:
She’s in the sunlight, she’s in every prayer
In the way you still feel like she’s standing there
In the life you’re living, in the love you give
She’s the reason you still know how to live
Seventeen years but she’s never too far
She’s the light you carry in your heart
And even through the pain you’re going through
She’s still right here… inside of you
Koji