So Long, Astoria

So Long, Astoria - The Ataris

It was the first snow of the season

I can almost see you breathing

In the middle of that empty street

Sometimes I still see myself

In that lonesome bedroom

Playing my guitar and singing songs

Of hope for a better future

Life is only as good as the memories we make

And I'm taking back what belongs to me

Polaroids of classrooms unattended

These relics of remembrance are just like shipwrecks

Only they're gone faster than the smell after it rains

Last night while everyone was sleeping

I drove through my old neighborhood

And resurrected memories from ashes

We said that we would never fit in

When we were really just like them-

Does rebellion ever make a difference

Life is only as good as the memories we make

And I'm taking back what belongs to me

Polaroids of classrooms unattended

These relics of remembrance are just like shipwrecks

Only they're gone faster than the smell after it rains

So long Astoria I found a map to buried treasure

And even if we come home empty handed

We'll still have our

Stories of battle scars

Pirate ships and wounded hearts

Broken bones and all the best of friendships

And when this hourglass has filtered out

Its' final grain of sand

I raise my glass to the memories we had

This is my wish and I'm taking it back

I'm taking them all back