Summer days in the front yard Got time to move, got time to breathe

We'd play to dusk, the streetlights above our heads Lit up the smiles we wore

Like they were all we'd need

Raced down the road for the tenth time Outran the world, outran the breeze

We laughed so much, each of us clutched our chests Believing we could live however we pleased

We could drop anything in a moment We could dance all of our worries away

Singing sad songs after dark Nursing each other's weathered hearts

You should know just what these friends meant to me

Twelfth year, the bell cut through the courtyard The band was poised to separate

But still we clung to common tongues To ease the pain still yet to come Futures that couldn't wait

We could drop anything in a moment We could dance all of our worries away

Singing sad songs after dark Nursing each other's weathered hearts You should know just what these friends meant to me

We laughed, we cried, we closed our eyes And chased the sky, cracked a smile and said goodbye

I'll never forget them A piece of who I am A reason I never feel alone

Though it's all behind me Good, bad or embarrassing It's always only ever felt like home

We could drop anything in a moment We could dance all of our worries away

Singing sad songs after dark Nursing each other's weathered hearts You should know just what these friends meant to me

We could drop anything in a moment We could dance all of our worries away

Singing sad songs after dark Nursing each other's weathered hearts You should know just what these friends meant to me

Just what these friends meant to me

Summer days in the front yard

The band was poised to separate But still we clung to common tongues To ease the pain still yet to come Futures that couldn't wait

You should know just what my friends meant to me