Twenty-Five To One

[Verse 1]
We were kids in borrowed cars
Clumsy hands and open hearts
Every summer
Every fight
Somehow we still made it right
Twenty-five years on this road
Groceries
Bills
Inside jokes
Laugh lines drawn across your face
That’s my favorite kind of change
[Chorus]
I want us back
Back to reaching for the same dream
Laughing ‘til we can’t breathe
I want us back
Not the past
Just you and me
Finding out what this can be
After all these days and tears
I still choose you
Right here
I want us back
After twenty-five years
[Verse 2]
We got lost in busy days
Talked in lists
Not what we crave
I’ve been standing in this house
Missing you while you’re around
Can we trade our phones for time
Sit and say what’s on our minds
I’m still learning how you feel
Teach me how to love you still
[Chorus]
I want us back
Back to reaching for the same dream
Laughing ‘til we can’t breathe
I want us back
Not the past
Just you and me
Finding out what this can be
After all these days and tears
I still choose you
Right here
I want us back
After twenty-five years
[Bridge]
We are more than what we were
More than every hurtful word
If you’re willing
Take my hand (hey)
We can start again
Again
[Chorus]
I want us back
Back to reaching for the same dream
Laughing ‘til we can’t breathe
I want us back
Not the past
Just you and me
Writing what the ending is
With another borrowed kiss
After all these days and tears
I still choose you
My dear
I want us back
After twenty-five years

Warm pop ballad with male vocals, intimate piano and soft pads at first verse; subtle bass and brushed drums easing in by the chorus. Hook lifts with stacked harmonies and a rising string bed, then drops back to near-solo vocal for the bridge before a final, emotional chorus with bigger drums and a bright, hopeful piano outro.