Barefoot 2 4

Verse 1 – male vocal

Concrete fading in the window light

Your smile still on my mind after all these years

We used to walk along the river wall

Bare feet and a sunset falling down

You'd laugh when I fell into the current

I was yours until the water turned around

Your hand on mine through every single night

The stars up above looked like they cared

Then came the morning with its city noise

And you took off without leaving me a note

But in my pocket, still your silver ring

I kept it spinning till our hearts had time to heal and sing

Pre-Chorus

Can you hear that echo turning slow?

Is this what forever's supposed to feel like now

Chorus – hook, 4 lines repeat exactly: bright pop piano chords, clean punchy electric bass, vintage tube guitar tone swells, modern drum kit drive, light layered harmonies doubling the lead

Barefoot two, we never said goodbye

Only that our hearts got older before we could say why

You were always running through my mind

Barefoot two and I'm still trying to find

Verse 2 – male vocal

I found your name in an old forgotten book

The title page had a coffee stain that nobody shook

In the back pages, there you were again

A photo of us with our hair turned golden yellow and thin

You asked me why I kept it hidden away

I told you it was because someday I'd need to chase what's real this way

But now I know that love isn't something you lose

It's just something that your heart grows up to when it knows how to choose

Pre-Chorus

Can you hear that echo turning slow?

Is this what forever's supposed to feel like now

Chorus – hook, 4 lines repeat exactly: bright pop piano chords, clean punchy electric bass, vintage tube guitar tone swells, modern drum kit drive, light layered harmonies doubling the lead

Barefoot two, we never said goodbye

Only that our hearts got older before we could say why

You were always running through my mind

Barefoot two and I'm still trying to find

Bridge – male vocal: acoustic only, intimate and low

I've been a thousand miles since then

But every step I took was leading me back to you again

If forever's the thing that we can't define

Then maybe it's just this – our hearts being real and on time

Chorus – hook, 4 lines repeat exactly: bright pop piano chords, clean punchy electric bass, vintage tube guitar tone swells, modern drum kit drive, light layered harmonies doubling the lead

Barefoot two, we never said goodbye

Only that our hearts got older before we could say why

You were always running through my mind

Barefoot two and I'm still trying to find

Outro – male vocal: quiet and slow

Still barefoot two

I'll keep looking till you come home