A Lifetime Lyrics - Closer - Better Than Ezra

Allie woke up 8 A.M. 

Graduation day 

Got into a car 

Crashed along the way 

And we arrived late to the wake 

Stole the urn while they looked away 

And drove to the beach 

'Cause I knew you'd want it that way 

And you were standing 

On the hood of the car 

Singing out loud 

When the sun came up 

And I know, I wasn't right 

But it felt so good 

And your mother didn't mind 

Like I thought she would 

And that R.E.M. song 

Was playin' in my mind 

And three and a half minutes 

Felt like a lifetime, it felt like a lifetime 

And you move like water 

I could drown in you 

And I fell so deep once, yeah yeah yeah 

'Til you pulled me through 

You would tell me 

"No one is allowed to be so proud 

They never reach out 

When they're giving up" 

And I know, I wasn't right 

But it felt so good 

And your mother didn't mind 

Like I thought she would 

And that R.E.M. song 

Was playin' in my mind, yeah 

Three and a half minutes 

Felt like a lifetime 

Are you sitting in the lights? 

Or combing your hair again? 

And talking in rhymes? 

Are you standing in the lights? 

When I got home, heard the phone 

Your parents had arrived 

You know, your dad set his jaw 

Your mom just smiled and sighed 

(And you move like water) 

But they left soon and I went to my room 

Played that disc that you'd given me 

You know, I shut my eyes 

I swear I could hear the sea 

And we were standing 

On the hood of your car 

Singing out loud 

When the sun came up 

And I know, I wasn't right 

But it felt so good 

And your mother didn't mind 

Like I thought she would 

And that R.E.M. song 

Was playin' in my mind, yeah 

And three and a half minutes 

Three and a half minutes 

Felt like a lifetime