The doorbell rings and the hallway fills with noise
A room of old friends acting like a pack of boys
The coats are on the floor, the first bottle’s open wide
Leaving every worry and every year outside
We’re diving in the stories that we’ve told a thousand times
Laughing at the same old jokes, the rhythm and the rhymes.
We’re talking 'bout that road trip and the car that broke in two
The nights we spent dreaming 'bout what we were gonna do
It doesn’t matter if it’s been months or even years
The distance disappears as soon as someone shouts “Cheers!”
The conversation picks up right where we let it go
Like a river that never stops, with a steady, ancient flow.
And then that song starts playing, the one from that July
The melody that bound us under that summer sky
The world out there is just a map of time we spend apart
But this is where the life begins, the beating of the heart
Beyond the blood and lineage, you’re the family we chose
The ones who stood beside me when the bitter winter rose.
Beyond these walls, the universe is spinning fast and cold
Counting down the days and turning silver into gold
But in this room, the stars align and everything is still
A pact we made forever with a shared and steady will
We’re looking at each other through the laughter and the smoke
Knowing that the best part of the path was when we spoke.
And then that song starts playing, the one from that July
The melody that bound us under that summer sky
The world out there is just a map of time we spend apart
But this is where the life begins, the beating of the heart
Beyond the blood and lineage, you’re the family we chose
The ones who stood beside me when the bitter winter rose.
The family we chose...
Yeah, right where we left it off.
As if no time had passed.
The same old story.
Always you and me.