Memories in a busted shoebox Underneath my bed Somewhere other sweetness In pencil with the lead A picture of me with a smile that I'm not faking I wish things were the way they are when the picture was taken When the picture was taken Black and white, slow motion flashback Spin around the head A vision in the night, me as a kid I picture myself with a smile That will be the way, slam shut, whole Gotta be there, hard through That will be the way, I get home Gotta be there, shaken sponsored links Milestone, ticking time bomb Fate to nothing more Hope not to be forgotten Drowning off the shore A polishing man in the sand And I'm forsaken I wish things were the way they are when the picture was taken When the picture was taken That will be the way, slam shut, whole Gotta be there, hard through That will be the way, I get home Gotta be there, shaken That will be the way, slam shut, whole Gotta be there, hard through That will be the way, I get home Gotta be there, shaken