Portraits of Sixteen

Sixteen and the world feels heavy on my chest

Your hand in mine but the silence says the rest

We talk like we've lived a lifetime already

But the cracks are showing in the way we steady (ahhh)

We pretend we're older than the years allow But the fragile truth

is breaking through somehow

Hold me like the years won't fade us away

Sixteen hearts beating in an older way

We know it's fragile but we can't let go

This love feels older than we'll ever know (yeah)

Late nights in the car where the radio plays

Your eyes tell stories from another place

We're kids playing grown-up in a borrowed game

But the ending's written and it feels the same (hummm)

We chase the moments before they slip away

The complicated truth won't stay at bay

Hold me like the years won't fade us away

Sixteen hearts beating in an older way We know it's fragile

but we can't let go

This love feels older than we'll ever know (yeah)

Maybe we're just learning how to break

In the space between the promises we make

Hold me like the years won't fade us away

Sixteen hearts beating in an older way We know it's fragile

but we sing it loud This love feels older but we're still

allowed (ooh)