Fading Polaroids

Verse 1

We were frozen in the summer light
Laughing like the world was ours
Now the edges blur with time
Like colours bleeding out

Your name’s still on the back of mine
Written in a careless hand
Didn’t know those little moments
Were the best we’d ever have

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Pre-Chorus

We said forever way too young
Like it was something we could hold
Now every memory I touch
Is getting old

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Chorus

We’re fading polaroids
Left out in the sun
Every smile we swore was real
Is coming undone
I hold the picture closer
But it slips through my hands
Yeah, we’re fading polaroids
Of who we were back then

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Verse 2

Your voice still lives inside my head
Like an echo down the hall
I keep replaying all the nights
I thought we’d never fall

We promised we’d never change
But change don’t ask permission
Now I’m stuck between what we were
And what we’ve been missing

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Pre-Chorus

I trace the cracks across your face
Try to remember how it felt
But every time I look again
You’re someone else

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Chorus

We’re fading polaroids
Left out in the sun
Every smile we swore was real
Is coming undone
I hold the picture closer
But it slips through my hands
Yeah, we’re fading polaroids
Of who we were back then

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Bridge

Maybe we weren’t meant to last
Maybe love don’t stay the same
But I’d give anything to go back
Before the picture changed

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Final Chorus (Soft + Emotional)

We’re fading polaroids
But I still see you clear
Even if the colours run
I’ll keep you here
If time erases everything
It won’t erase the truth
We were fading polaroids
But I still loved you

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Outro

Still loved you

Style: Indie pop / acoustic-electronic
Vibe: Nostalgic, warm, quietly heartbreaking