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Lyrics
[Intro]
[Humming]
[Verse]
I saw Grandma smiling
In a dress from '41
Grandpa by a Chevy
Squinting in the sun
The picture started moving
Like dust inside a beam
And I was standing somewhere
Between awake and dream
[Pre-Chorus]
I know it ain't real
But it still knows where to hurt
[Chorus]
Old pictures don't breathe
But they got close tonight
Black and white went moving
Under soft blue light
It wasn't them
But damn, it was close
Almost alive
And hard to let go
[Verse]
Mom in the kitchen
Dad out in the drive
Everybody younger
Everybody still alive
I could hear the screen door
I could smell supper on the stove
I could almost ask the questions
I was too young then to know
[Pre-Chorus]
Time don't give back nothing
But it sure knows how to tease
[Chorus]
Old pictures don't breathe
But they got close tonight
Black and white went moving
Under soft blue light
It wasn't them
But damn, it was close
Almost alive
And hard to let go
[Piano Solo]
[Bridge]
[Whisper]
Maybe I don't want forever
Maybe one more look would do
One more kitchen laughing
One more room I still knew
I ain't trying to raise the dead
I know gone is gone
But memories get cruel sometimes
When they almost carry on
[Chorus]
Old pictures don't breathe
But they got close tonight
I watched a whole lost lifetime
Wake up in the light
It wasn't them
But Lord, it was close
Close enough to hold me
Then leave me letting go
The past ain't living
But it reached through time
For one aching moment
It was almost alive
[Outro]
[Humming]
[Silence]
Details
GeneratedMay 24, 2026
Duration4:44
LanguageEnglish
Style
Dark country hymn, 68 BPM, deep low piano, soft mid piano, sparse guitar, somber violin, ethereal female lead
Credits
Prompt byPunkLion131
ModelAria v5.5
