Where the old days sleep

**[Intro — whispered / atmospheric]**

I still remember...
The nights we thought would never end...
The faces...
The places...
Everything we left behind.

**[Verse 1]**

I walk these streets beneath the moon,
But nothing feels the way it used to.
The lights are shining, people pass,
But I'm still looking through the past.

I hear the songs we used to play,
They take me back to yesterday.
We didn't know those days were gold,
We only knew when we were young.

**[Pre-Chorus]**

And time keeps running like a river,
Taking everything away.
I close my eyes and for a second,
I can see those days again.

**[Chorus — cinematic, emotional]**

Take me back to where the old days sleep,
Where the memories are still alive in me.
Before the years turned everything to dust,
Before we learned that nothing stays with us.

If I could have just one more night,
I'd hold those moments a little tighter.
'Cause the past is gone, but it never leaves...
It's still alive
Where the old days sleep.

**[Verse 2]**

Some people left without goodbye,
Some dreams disappeared with time.
The little things I didn't see
Are now the things that mean the most to me.

An empty room, an old photograph,
A younger me I can't get back.
I wonder where those days have gone,
Maybe they live inside this song.

**[Pre-Chorus]**

And time keeps running like a river,
Taking everything away.
But every memory I carry
Makes the past feel close again.

**[Chorus — bigger]**

Take me back to where the old days sleep,
Where the memories are still alive in me.
Before the years turned everything to dust,
Before we learned that nothing stays with us.

If I could have just one more night,
I'd hold those moments a little tighter.
'Cause the past is gone, but it never leaves...
It's still alive
Where the old days sleep.

**[Bridge — piano + strings, very quiet]**

Maybe growing up means letting go...
Maybe some things aren't meant to stay.

But if tomorrow takes another piece of me,
I'll keep yesterday...

I'll keep yesterday.

**[Final Chorus — powerful cinematic climax]**

Take me back to where the old days sleep,
Where every broken memory still breathes.
I would give the world to feel that time,
Just one more moment of that life.

If I could have just one more night,
Under those stars, beneath those lights...
I know the past can never stay,
But I'll carry it until my final day.

**[Outro — fading vocal]**

The years may fade...
The pictures may disappear...
But some memories...

Never die.

Where the old days sleep...