Till It’s Changing

Grandma kept a faded card

Names and dates in careful ink

Told me how they danced too close

Said

"Love’s gone faster than you think"

Every generation

Loves like it’s the last time

Laughing in a small room

Tracing hearts on cheap wine

Holding on

Letting go

Somewhere in between the glow and breaking

Every generation

Calls it forever

Till it’s changing

Dad met Mom at some old show

Band too loud

The floor was torn

He walked her home through crowded streets

They kissed once

And both were warned

Every generation

Stays till the first big fight

Promising the whole world

Packing in the same night

Holding on

Letting go

Sharing secrets

Then you stop explaining

Every generation

Swears it’s unshakable

Then it’s shaking

We were pixels on a screen

Typing hearts

"you up?" at three

You said distance isn’t far

If your voice keeps finding me

Every generation

Learns how to touch through glass

Saving all our soft words

In a thread that scrolls too fast

Holding on

Letting go

Read receipts and feelings we’re delaying

Every generation

Changes the language

Same hearts fraying

Saw a couple on the tram

Sharing earbuds

Quiet grins

Different faces

Same old pull

Same old place where it begins

Every generation

Chases a perfect frame

Trying out new storylines

Playing that familiar game

Holding on

Letting go

Trading sun for shadows we’re replaying

Every generation

Names it as something new we’re saying

Maybe love is just a loop

Same old ache in new tattoos (Oh)

Pass it down like worn-out truth

Still it feels brand new with you

With you

With you

Every generation

Loves like it’s the last time

Laughing in a small room

Tracing hearts on cheap wine

Holding on

Letting go

Somewhere in between the glow and breaking

Every generation

Calls it forever

Till it’s changing