A LIFETIME

Allie woke up 8AM
Graduation day
Got into a car,
And crashed along the way

When 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
I could drown in you
And I fell so deep once,
Till you pulled me through

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
Felt like a lifetime

Are you sitting in the lights?
Or combing your hair again,
And talking in rhymes?
Are you sitting in the lights?

When I got home, heard the phone,
Your parents had arrived
And 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,
And I shut my eyes
Swear I could hear the sea

When we 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