Golden Afternoon

The pavement's breathing waves of heat
The smell of fresh cut summer grass
We didn't know that we could feel
A moment meant to last
I see the dust motes in the light
Dancing in your golden hair
And in that glow, everything was right
Like we were without care

And we swore we'd never change
Promises we couldn't keep
Caught in that golden afternoon
So beautiful and deep

That golden afternoon, it lives inside my head
Every single word we didn't say instead
We watched the shadows growing long across the lawn
Knowing that this perfect day would soon be gone

The ice cubes melting in our glasses
The soundtrack of the neighborhood
We built our castles in the hours
Right where we stood
Your laughter echoed in the stillness
A perfect, fragile, fleeting sound
Before the evening brought its chillness
To our sacred ground

And we swore
We'd never change
Promises we couldn't keep
Caught in that golden afternoon

So beautiful and deep, that golden afternoon
Every single word we didn't say instead
We watched the shadows growing long across the lawn
Knowing that this perfect day would soon be gone

Was it real or just a dream I made?
A perfect memory, beginning to fade
A snapshot lost in time's relentless flow
The last place I remember, before I had to go

That golden afternoon, it lives inside my head
Every single word we didn't say instead
We watched the shadows growing long across the lawn
Knowing that our perfect day was finally gone