A Lifetime

Allie woke up 8 a.m. Graduation day Got into a car Crashed along the way And we arrived late to the wake Stole the urn while they looked away And drove to the beach 'Cause I knew you'd want it that way And you were standing On the hood of the car Singing out loud When the sun came up And I know I wasn't right But it felt so good And your mother didn't mind Like I thought she would And that REM song was playing in my mind And three and a half minutes Felt like a lifetime It felt like a lifetime And you move like water, yeah I could drown in you And I fell so deep once, yeah Till you pulled me through, ahh You would tell me "No one is allowed to be so proud" "They never reach out" "When they're giving up." And I know I wasn't right But it felt so good And your mother didn't mind Like I thought she would And that REM song was playing in my mind And three and a half minutes (half minutes) Felt like a lifetime Are you sitting in the lights? Or combing your hair again And talking in rhymes? And are you sitting in the lights? When I got home, heard the phone Your parents had arrived You know, your dad set his jaw Your mom just smiled and sighed But they left soon and I went to my room Played that disc that you'd given me You know I shut my eyes I swear I could hear the sea And you were standing On the hood of your car Singing out loud when the sun came up And I know I wasn't right But it felt so good And your mother didn't mind Like I thought she would And that REM song was playing in my mind And three and a half minutes Three and a half minutes Felt like a lifetime