The Years (prologue)[1] is a song by The Midnight. It is the first track from their EP Days of Thunder.
Track info
The song was written by band members Tim McEwan and Tyler Lyle and produced by McEwan. It has a running time of six minutes and eight seconds and is in the key of A-flat major. During the Fall 2019, The Years (prologue) was the first song on the setlist after the intro.[2]
Lyrics
Shy kid, knees always bruised
The daddy's girl that became you In the front seat, you pulled me close
Kissed my lips, it tasted like home
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Flashes of crosswords and chamomile
The years pass like a Ferris Wheel The tiny fractures in the form
The days we live are so much more
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We got a little place near the beach
We watch the sailboats out at sea And we ride along the Palisades
Love is just a summer day
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If you hold too tight it starts to fade
Let it go then, then it floats away In time will you remember me
For a second we had everything
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Half awake and sunburned...
Searching vines of summer...
Aimless and upwards...