Verse 1
We rode our bikes till the streetlights blinked
No tracking dots, no screens to think
Names carved deep in a schoolyard desk
Promises made we never checked
We knew the sound of a friend’s front door
The smell of rain on hot asphalt floors
If you missed a call, it just meant you lived
Nothing urgent, nothing missed
Pre-Chorus
Time moved slower, or maybe we did
We weren’t afraid of being unseen
Chorus
It was before we were found
Before the world watched every sound
Before we learned to curate pain
Or measure worth in hearts and names
We were loud, we were lost, we were free
We belonged just by being me
I still feel it when the noise dies down
Who we were
Before we were found
Verse 2
Mix tapes rewound with a pencil twist
Late-night songs you couldn’t skip
We talked to pass the hours by
Not staring down, but eye to eye
News came once a day at six
You had time to breathe between the hits
No comment wars, no digital scars
Just small-town dreams and borrowed cars
Pre-Chorus
We didn’t know what we’d lose
Because nothing told us to choose
Chorus
It was before we were found
Before the world was always loud
Before every thought needed proof
Or every truth needed a room
We were messy, bored, alive
Letting moments pass us by
I still miss it when the noise dies down
Who we were
Before we were found
Bridge
Now everything’s fast, everything’s framed
Every memory filtered, every silence named
We know too much, we feel too late
Always connected, still waiting
I don’t hate the world we’re in
I just miss how it felt back then
Final Chorus
Before the scroll, before the fear
Before the future lived right here
Before we learned to perform our lives
Or turn survival into likes
We didn’t know we had it all
But we did—we really did
And I carry it when the lights burn out
That kid in me
Before we were found
Outro
Yeah, I carry it
Still around
Before we were found
Weseeyou
