WHEN WE WERE YOUNG

Everybody loves the things you do From the way you talk to the way you move Everybody here is watching you 'Cause you feel like home You're like a dream come true But if by chance you're here alone Can I have a moment before I go? 'Cause I've been by myself all night long Hoping you're someone I used to know You look like a movie You sound like a song My God, this reminds me Of when we were young Let me photograph you in this light In case it is the last time That we might be exactly like we were Before we realized We were sad of getting old It made us restless It was just like a movie It was just like a song I was so scared to face my fears Nobody told me that you'd be here And I swear you moved overseas That's what you said, when you left me You still look like a movie You still sound like a song My God, this reminds me Of when we were young Let me photograph you in this light In case it is the last time That we might be exactly like we were Before we realized We were sad of getting old It made us restless It was just like a movie It was just like a song When we were young [4x] It's hard to admit that Everything just takes me back To when you were there To when you were there And a part of me keeps holding on Just in case it hasn't gone I guess I still care Do you still care? It was just like a movie It was just like a song My God, this reminds me Of when we were young When we were young [4x] Let me photograph you in this light In case it is the last time That we might be exactly like we were Before we realized We were sad of getting old It made us restless Oh I'm so mad I'm getting old It makes me reckless It was just like a movie It was just like a song When we were young

The song is imagines being at a party in the distant future, surrounded by everyone she's ever loved, everyone she's never loved, and all the people of her life who've drifted away. So what if those parties don’t happen in real life? "It was just like a movie," she sings. "It was just like a song." The sadness swells in her voice as she looks at her friends, who stand with her ravaged by time, knowing the moment won't last forever. What come next are the inevitability of separation, and then the finality of death. "I'm so mad I'm getting old, it makes me reckless," she sings. But inside all this seriousness and all this sadness are reasons to be happy for what's happened.