Lyrics

I found it in the bottom of a beat-up, cardboard shoe box
One of them things you don’t wanna look at everyday
But can’t bring yourself to throw away
A scratched-up, faded Polaroid saying a thousand words
That I never had the nerve to say 'cus I was young and dumb
And I knew everything
You were thinking of our future
And I was thinking of myself
You wore your heart on your sleeve
And I hung mine on a shelf

Like a photograph
Smile on three
Making it seem like we were gonna last
But you loved me
And I couldn’t love you back
Let you keep on falling
Should've let you move on
But I kept stalling
Wish I could step inside and say, "you deserve better than that"
Yeah, but there ain't no taking back a photograph

If I knew then what I know now, there’d be no heartbreak to remember
Before we ever took that picture we can’t erase-
I would've let you go, but it’s too late
Instead it’s hiding all the hurting-
Painted happy on your face
Perfect on the surface
But the true story ain’t

In this photograph
Smile on three
Making it seem like we were gonna last
But you loved me
And I couldn’t love you back
Let you keep on falling
I should've let you move on
But I kept stalling
Wish I could step inside and say, "you deserve better than that"
Yeah, but there ain't no taking back a photograph
Mmm, a photograph

I hope you're making some memories
The kind you wanna save
Hope you find that happy ending
The kind you wanna hang

Instead of this photograph
Smile on three
Making it seem like we were gonna last
But you loved me
And I couldn’t love you back
Let you keep on falling
I should've let you move on
But I kept stalling
Wish I could step inside and say, "you deserve better than that"
Yeah, but there ain't no taking back a photograph
Mmm, a photograph
A photograph