While We’re Here

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[INTRO — FULL CHOIR, SLOW & OPERATIC] Ooooh… ahhh… Choir: We are only passing through, Underneath an endless blue, Hold the days before they disappear, We are only… only here… Solo tenor: I thought forever moved slowly… Choir, softly: Slowly… slowly… Solo: Then I turned around— Choir builds: —and yesterday was gone. [Choir rises into one huge suspended chord] [SILENCE] [BEAT DROP — VERSE 1] Yeah— Funny how the days move quick when you ain’t keeping count, Used to dream about the life that I’m just living now. Used to think that growing up meant having it figured out, Now I know it’s mostly learning what you can’t control somehow. Same road, same town, but it don’t look the same, Old friends got jobs, some moved away, Mom’s got a couple more lines on her face, Dad still laughs, but there’s gray in his hair these days. And I ain’t tryna make it sad, that’s just life, Every sunset means we got another night. Every goodbye makes a hello worth the price, Maybe knowing that it ends is why it feels alive. [PRE-CHORUS — BEAT PULLS BACK] I spent so much time Waiting on someday, Didn’t know someday Was happening today. [CHORUS — HUGE CHOIR + TRAP DRUMS] Lead: So while we’re here— I’m gonna love a little harder, Stay a little longer, Take another picture even if we look a mess. Choir: While we’re here… Lead: I’m gonna call when I think about you, Say what I mean when I say that I love you, ‘Cause one day we’ll wish we had one more night like this. Choir: Hold it near… hold it near… Lead: We don’t get forever— Choir: No, we don’t… Lead: But forever ain’t what makes it worth it. [808 drops back in] [VERSE 2 — SMOOTHER RAP] I remember being ten, summer never had an end, Bike laying in the yard, didn’t care what time it is. Now the weeks become months, months turn into years, And the things I couldn’t wait for are the things disappearing. That’s crazy. We spend eighteen wishing we were twenty-five, Twenty-five wondering where eighteen went overnight. Always looking through the windshield for a better life, While the best parts keep on waving in the rearview like— “Hey, you missed me.” Nah, I don’t wanna do that anymore, Don’t wanna chase tomorrow straight through today’s door. If my people are around and there’s laughter on the porch, Maybe I already got what I’ve been looking for. [BRIDGE — CHOIR ONLY] Choir: Nothing stays… Nothing stays… But love remains In every name, In every room, In every photograph we save. Solo tenor: If tomorrow takes today away… Choir: Then let today be beautiful. [SILENCE] [FINAL CHORUS — MASSIVE] Lead: So while we’re here— I’m gonna love a little harder, Stay a little longer, Take another picture even if we look a mess. Choir: While we’re here… Lead: I’m gonna call when I think about you, Say what I mean when I say that I love you, ‘Cause one day we’ll wish we had one more night like this. Choir rises: Hold it near… Hold it near… Every ordinary year… Every laugh and every tear… Lead: Maybe life’s not somewhere waiting— Maybe this is it right here. [OUTRO — BEAT DISAPPEARS] Choir, a cappella: We are only passing through, Underneath an endless blue… Hold the days before they disappear… We are only… only here.