What We Left Behind

[Verse]

We were just kids, running too fast

Didn’t know that innocence doesn’t last

A stranger’s hands, a locked-up room

A moment gone, but it still burns through

I see it now, the way you froze

The way you whispered, “Let’s just go”

But we stood still, like time was glass

And when it cracked, we couldn’t go back

[Pre-Chorus]

Didn’t talk about it, we just ran

Buried it deep, but it took our hands

Left us shaking, left us scared

Like maybe silence made it disappear

[Chorus]

I tried to leave it in the dark

Thought if I closed my eyes, it wouldn’t leave a mark

But ghosts don’t fade, they twist, they pull

They keep you haunted, keep you full

Of everything you swore you’d drown

But it just keeps coming back around

And you can run, but you can’t hide

The past will find you every time

[Verse]

You changed your laugh, I changed my name

We walked like strangers down hallways of blame

Turned our backs, swallowed our screams

Made a promise we’d never break at thirteen

But we cracked, we crumbled, we caved in

Lost inside a war we couldn’t win

You disappeared, I disappeared

Like maybe distance could kill the fear

[Pre-Chorus]

Didn’t talk about it, just let go

Like maybe forgetting could make it so

But silence never made it right

We still see shadows in the night

[Chorus]

I tried to leave it in the dark

Thought if I closed my eyes, it wouldn’t leave a mark

But ghosts don’t fade, they twist, they pull

They keep you haunted, keep you full

Of everything you swore you’d drown

But it just keeps coming back around

And you can run, but you can’t hide

The past will find you every time

[Bridge]

We were kids—do you hear me?

Just kids—do you fucking hear me?

And they still blame us, still erase us

Like silence could ever save us

But we know the truth, we know the cost

We know the innocence that we lost

We live in bodies that don’t feel ours

Like someone stole the light from the stars

And we scream, but it don’t make a sound

We fall, but no one’s around

But if I hear you, and you hear me

Then maybe we’re still here, still free

[Final Chorus]

We’re not just echoes in the dark

We are more than all our scars

The past can’t tell us who we are

We are still here, we are still ours

So let the ghosts come if they must

Let the shadows rise from dust

I won’t run, I won’t hide

I will stand and face the tide

[Outro]

We were just kids, too young to know

But we’re still here, we’re still our own

And if we never speak his name

At least we know we weren’t to blame