Verse

Static on the old car radio

Parking lot lights humming overhead

We thought this town was a cage

But now I’d give anything for the keys

Chorus

The ghosts of who we were

Are still leaning against those brick walls

While we’re scattered across different area codes

Building lives the rest of us will never know

Verse

Your sister’s wedding photos on a screen

A house in a suburb I’ve never visited

I see the person you’vе become

And I don’t recognizе the eyes looking back

Chorus

The ghosts of who we were

Are still leaning against those brick walls

While we’re scattered across different area codes

Building lives the rest of us will never know

Verse

Sometimes the smell of autumn rain

Hits me like a physical weight

And for a second I’m seventeen again

Waiting for a text that isn’t coming

Chorus

The ghosts of who we were

Are still leaning against those brick walls

While we’re scattered across different area codes

Building lives the rest of us will never know

Bridge

We promised we’d be the ones who stayed

But time is a quiet steady thief

Stealing the forever out of our mouths

Leaving only a dull beautiful ache

Verse

There is a hope that life is kind now

In the places where you finally settled down

The old secrets stay here in the quiet

In a rearview mirror reflecting a fading road

Chorus

The ghosts of who we were

Are still leaning against those brick walls

While we’re scattered across different area codes

Building lives the rest of us will never know