Verse 1
Faded ink, the edges curl,
A paper ghost of another world.
You were laughing in the sunlight haze,
I was already lost in yesterday.

Pre-Chorus
You lived the moment, I replayed,
I missed the life that you had made.

Chorus
Polaroids, holding what I can’t hold,
A memory burning but the film runs cold.
You were there, I was far away,
Now I’m here and you’ve slipped away.
We’re always out of time,
Separated by the lines
Of a photograph that keeps us both apart —
Polaroids between my hands and heart.

Verse 2
Colors fade to a spectral white,
Like the echoes of a sleepless night.
I’m trapped in frames that can’t rewind,
A present tense I’ll never find.

Pre-Chorus
You lit the world, then let it be,
I freeze the light but lose the heat.

Chorus
Polaroids, holding what I can’t hold,
A memory burning but the film runs cold.
You were there, I was far away,
Now I’m here and you’ve slipped away.
We’re always out of time,
Separated by the lines
Of a photograph that keeps us both apart —
Polaroids between my hands and heart.

Bridge
Paper windows into time,
You’re alive there, you’re not mine.
I step inside, you slip right through,
I was absent then, now I’m missing you.

Final Chorus
Polaroids, holding what I can’t hold,
A memory burning but the film runs cold.
You were there, I was far away,
Now I’m here and you’ve slipped away.
We’re always out of time,
Always crossing separate lines,
I can’t touch the moment where you are —
Just a Polaroid between my hands and heart.

Outro
Polaroids… fading in the light.
Polaroids… you were never mine.