Allie woke up 8AM
Graduation day.
Got into a car,

And crashed along the way.

When 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 REM song was playing
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,
Till 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 REM song was playing
In my mind.
And 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 sitting in the lights?


When I got home, heard the phone,
Your parents had arrived.

And your dad set his jaw
Your mom just smiled and sighed.


But they left soon
And I went to my room.
Played that disc that you'd given me,

And I shut my eyes
Swear I could hear the sea.


When 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 REM song was playing

In my mind.
And three and a half minutes,
Three and a half minutes,


Felt like a lifetime.