Gen X

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