Fading on the Milestone

I still remember you in that oversized sweater,

hummed-out chords in the garage.

Now you are on every screen,

but further than the stars.

You used to walk with your head held down

A quiet kid in a crowded town

Now they all scream out your name so loud

And I'm just a face lost in the crowd

But you don't look back to the starting line

(you don't look back) When you were just ordinary,

and you were mine

Now I watch you change under golden beams

Lost to the noise of a million dreams

I keep the tapes of the songs you wrote

Before they polished every single note

You sound so safe,

you sound so real Before they taught you how you ought to

feel

But you don't look back to the starting line (you don't look

back) When you were just ordinary,

and you were mine

Now I watch you change under golden beams

Lost to the noise of a million dreams

Take me back to the porch swing light

Before the billboards took the

night

Just a guitar and a quiet room

Before the world bloomed way

too soon (way

too

soon)

Just a quiet kid...

Now a distant star. (ooh)