Familiar Places, Unfamiliar Faces

Lyrics

[Verse]
The playground rusted like my old regrets
Swing still swaying
But the kid’s long left
Back to the corner where we’d once confess
But my voice now echoes
Just emptiness

[Verse 2]
The diner’s closed but the booth’s still there
The jukebox silent
It don’t play our prayers
I trace the cracks in the coffee-stained tile
Trying to stitch the past
But it won’t reconcile

[Chorus]
Time's a thief and it runs way too fast
Chasing shadows of a life that won’t last
I’m a stranger
This place is too
Familiar faces fade in shades of blue

[Verse 3]
The creek we’d wade in smells like decay
Water flows forward
It won’t replay
My reflection’s aged and the stones are worn
Past’s a puzzle where pieces are torn

[Verse 4]
A house that held our laughter’s now sold
Curtains drawn tight
Its stories untold
I knock at the door but no one remains
A sepia picture drenched in rains

[Bridge]
I said I’d never forget but forgot to remember
The quiet nights here each June to December
Now I’m clawing at ghosts through this cracked windshield
And the memories scream but they won’t yield