Back when I was seventeen
I swore it was enough
To think of you and think of me
And never see past us
But like a butterfly
Finally flies on
I can finally see it
Everything's not lost
I left the light on
Far too long
I let the fire burn
Far too strong
To where the light met the dark
And the fire went wild from that spark
Back when I was twenty-three
I swore I'd write you off
I thought of you and I thought of me
And then I saw past us
Standing in the shadows
Of a dream that's withering
But standing in the midst of it
You can't see everything
I left the light on
Far too long
I let the fire burn
Far too strong
To where the light met the dark
And the fire went wild from that spark
Back when life was evergreen
I swore that it'd be us
Standing here since seventeen
And maybe that's because
I left the light on
Far too long
I let the fire burn
Far too strong
To where the light met the dark
And the fire went wild
I left the light on
Far too long
I let the fire burn
Far too strong
To where the light met the dark
And the fire went wild from that spark