[Verse 1]
You're the element of surprise that none of us were prepared for
The dead body behind the curtain that we couldn't help but stare towards
This afternoon, you were an only child and a friend to me
This evening, you're not breathing
You're just the seed of a memory
[Chorus 1]
Memories of better days
Turn the pages back to a faded photograph of
Memories of yesterdays
The years'll pa** by but they'll never bring me back to you
(They'll never bring me back to you
Uh
Never bring me back to you
They'll
Never bring me back to, never bring me back
Never bring me back to you)
[Verse 2]
My memory remembers presently everything from that night
My senses always censor any awful images or sights
But I didn't get to see through the eyes his poor mother did
I just ask why she had to be the one to discover him
[Chorus 2]
Memories of better days
Turn the pages back to a faded photograph of
Memories of yesterdays
The years'll pa** by but they'll never bring me back to
Never bring me back to you
Back to you
Back to you
Back to you
[Bridge]
All I ask is a better day
A better way
To carry the weight of you
I sing this song to remember the days
When I wasn't afraid
To carry the weight of you
(To carry the weight of you)
[Verse 3]
To the friend that I love, who has different roots of blood
We are the earth that makes mud that comes from rain that made the flood
We cycle in and out of what our lives are capable of
And through it all, I thank you for teaching me below and above
[Chorus 3]
Memories of better days
Turn the pages back to a faded photograph of
Memories of yesterdays
The years'll pa** by but they'll never bring me back to
Memories of better days
Turn the pages back to a faded photograph of
Memories of yesterdays
The years'll pa** by but they'll never bring me back to
Memories of better days
Turn the pages back to a faded photograph of
Memories of yesterdays
The years'll pa** by but they'll never bring me back to
Never bring me back to you
[Verse 4]
I had a friend who was way too young to die
I guess d**h is one of those things some people do to life
Flight of the Birds (interlude)
Well I'll work on appreciating things that I have I promise
You can trust me, but I can't trust myself becoming honest
Sometimes you are the flight of the birds
And other times you're watching the flight of the birds
And other times you're yourself
Well I'll work on appreciating things that I have I promise
You can trust me, but I can't trust myself becoming honest
Sometimes you are the flight of the birds
And other times you're watching the flight of the birds
And other times you're yourself
I'll work on, well I work on
Well are gonna appreciate, I promise that I have
I promise
Have but trust me
You can trust me
Sometimes you are the flight of the birds
And other times you're watching the flight of the birds
And other times you're yourself