God forbid that I show my face

At our high-school reunion

I bet we'd reignite old rumors

So much for five years of improvements

Skylar's on 'bout her in-law's yacht

And her hedge-fund promotion

On my life, I can't focus

You catch my eye and I lose composure

I'm mentally taking off your brown plaid jacket

Checkin' every door for an unlocked classroom

I have to have you

Take me back to

2019, baby we're long past due

Toss maturity out the door

Swap our name tags and call me yours

Stir the pot for a second course

Physical educate me more

I'm dying for a scandal

So hot, could light a candle

We can't help but relive the past

How I love a throwback

You brush my hand at the paper plates

And your ring finger's empty

Thank God they can't suspend me

'Cause just one touch is enough to tempt me

We jam the line at the open bar

And it feels like we're 18

Fumbling 'round for fake IDs

I can't resist regressing to my teenage psyche

You're mentally tugging at college crew-neck

Furious I stepped foot in Massachusetts

Fighting's useless

It's who caves to who first

Learned a few tricks since when we were students

Toss maturity out the door

Swap our name tags and call me yours

Stir the pot for a second course

Physical educate me more

I'm dying for a scandal

So hot, could light a candle

We can't help but relive the past

How I love a throwback

To you, teaching me bachata in the wings of the black box

To you drawing "Mel, I love you" on my back after cast call

To the way you squeezed my body when we hugged by the Green Line

To you, breathing with me when I'd call you panicked on FaceTime

When we picked our future baby names while you had a girlfriend

When you'd chauffeur me 'round Newton high on weed and a permit

We joked about a marriage pact, the deadline at 30

I know if that day ever comes, my vows won't need rehearsing

Why else would you show up here but to see if I'm still yearning?

Could've sworn that the door was closed

Fled cross-country and called it growth

Convinced myself that I wasn't bored

And not the child that I was before

Who'd die to be your scandal

So hot, could light a candle

But in these halls, oh my act falls fast

Can't deny when you act like that

We can't help but relive the past

How I love a throwback