Used to race you to the corner store
Two chipped boards, same cracked floor
You’d cheat the line, I’d call you out
Both go down in a laughing shout
Birthday calls that came too late
Missed your text, you said"it’s straight"
Thought we had one more dumb excuse
Thought I had more time to lose
Here’s to what we couldn’t do
All the roads I saved for two
Every song I swore we’d scream
Every town you’d never see
All the fights we didn’t fix
All the summers that won’t stick
Raise a glass to the almost-true
To what we couldn’t do
Backyard hoop and busted rim
You said,"One day, we’ll touch the gym"
I still drive past that old brick wall
Count your steps like a roll call
Wedding speech you’d never write
Empty chair on the left-hand side
Mom sits straight but her hands still shake
Says your name like it might break
Here’s to what we couldn’t do
All the jokes I saved for you
Every midnight stupid dare
All the secrets in your chair
All the roads we meant to pick
All the photos we won’t click
Raise a glass to the almost-true
To what we couldn’t do
I talk to the air like you’re late again (where you at?)
Save your space at the table, then set it back in
There’s a world in my phone that you’ll never scroll through
There’s a future I learned how to lose
Here’s to what we couldn’t do
All the days that slipped right through
Every plan we pinned in blue
Thinking time would wait on you
All the words I never said
All the prayers beside your bed
I stand guard at the gate we drew
To what we couldn’t do
So I walk like I’m walking for two
Every step got a shadow of you
I can’t bring back what we didn’t get to
But I live like you wanted me to
