Lyrics 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