Verse 1
It’s been almost ten years
Since we walked across that stage
Caps in the air, stupid smiles
Thinking life would turn the page
I heard you had a birthday
Not that long ago
And somehow now the candles
Feel heavier than they should glow
Pre-Chorus
I still remember laughing
Things you taught me back then
Funny how a memory
Can bring you back again
Chorus
And I can’t believe you’re gone
It wasn’t supposed to be you
You had a whole life waiting
A thousand things left to do
We drifted after high school
Like everyone tends to do
But it hurts like hell tonight
Knowing the world lost you
Verse 2
I haven’t seen you in years
That’s just how life goes
Different towns and different roads
Everybody grows
But your death shocked all of us
Like thunder out of the blue
Now every old memory
Feels sharper thinking of you
Pre-Chorus
And we thought someday we’d run into
Each other somewhere again
Laugh about the old days
Like we did back then
Chorus
But now we can’t reconnect
No late-night catching up
No random bar reunion
Or stories over cups
No seeing you at reunions
No “man it’s been too long”
The only time we’ll meet again
Is when we all move on
Bridge
They always say the good die young
And tonight that line feels true
A life that should’ve kept going
Ended far too soon for you
There were years you still deserved
Moments still undone
And none of us were ready
For the day you’d be the one
Final Chorus
I still can’t believe you’re gone
But you won’t be forgotten
Your laugh still echoes somewhere
In the memories we’ve gotten
Ten years after graduation
And the world just feels wrong
Because someone we grew up with
Is suddenly… gone
Outro
So tonight we raise a glass
To the friend we knew back then
And someday far down the road
Maybe we’ll meet again.
AllieB