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artist
Drew Smith
Take Me Back
Hip-Hop/Rap
Take Me Back was released on December 9, 2025 by Drew Smith as a part of the album Written in My Scars
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AlbumWritten in My Scars
Release DateDecember 9, 2025
LabelDrew Smith
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM87

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Drew Smith
Drew Smith
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Drew Smith
Drew Smith
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Drew Smith
Drew Smith
Producer

Lyrics

If only we knew…
Knew how some of these moments
Would leave an ache deep inside us…
A feeling we’d give anything to feel again…
There’s a place my mind escapes to
When the daylight starts to fade
A place that lives inside my chest
Where every memory was made
And when the nights grow heavy
And the world turns cold and black
My heartbeat whispers softly
Take me back
My mind keeps playing reruns from a life that felt untouched
Roanoke Circle where the world was small but it meant so much
Every echo of my footsteps felt like home beneath my feet
Where the pavement held our laughter and the summers felt complete
Erin riding right beside me, yeah she always had my back
One of the few who truly knew me, that’s a bond that never cracks
Matt and Joey’s house was sacred, where our childhood carved its name
Where we lived in pure contentment long before life learned to change
My crew was Jimmy, Josh, and Chris, and Bill was always there
Kids who lived for simple moments just a group that truly cared
Riding bikes until our bones ached, hide-and-seek until we dropped
Back when joy came automatic
Back before the clocks had stopped
Take me back
To Wayne grade school where our stories first began
To Pioneer nights when the world fit in our hands
To the Wayne pool summers dripping gold across our backs
Take me back
To Friday nights when the world was small and nothing cracked
To that warm unbroken innocence
My heart still tries to track
Take me back
I remember wall ball at the school that shaped our days
Where the chalk dust mixed with laughter in familiar, simple ways
Every bell felt like salvation, every echo felt like flight
Where the biggest war we fought was tag beneath the fading light
Street lights called us home and the sidewalks were our stage
We were kings of fleeting moments on an endless childhood page
Basketball until the dusk fell, racing bikes till lungs would burn
We were sure that youth was endless
Never thought the world would turn
Now I chase that warmth I felt before the innocence collapsed
Before the weight of grown-up burdens turned the colors into black
So when life feels overwhelming and the nights feel sharp and cracked
I hear that voice inside me calling
Take me back
To Wayne grade school where the world felt wide and safe
Take me back
To Pioneer nights and glowing neon signs we chased
Take me back
Take me back
To Friday nights when the future paused and didn’t wait
That untouched glow I lack
Take me back
And sometimes in the quiet
When the world slows to a crawl
I close my eyes and feel again
The child inside those walls
I hear our laughter in the distance
See our shadows on the track
Every heartbeat feels like footsteps
Trying hard to find their way back
All those days were pieces of me
Scattered through the past
And I keep digging through their echoes
For the ones made to last
So if tomorrow feels uncertain
And tonight is turning black
I’ll walk into the echo
Of the life I can’t get back
I’ll hold it in my chest
Every fragment, every crack
And whisper to the darkness
Take me back …
Take me back
Written by: Andrew Smith

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