Ieri L'Altro

We used to meet on those stairs at the highest steps
We drowned the cigarette butts in a sea of asphalt
And it seems like I can see the details
But time always adds false memories
Shoulder to shoulder
We felt the whole world against us
Another dawn
Another night we chased
You never admitted to being wrong
But you knew, I could read it on your face

And if I walk down that street
You know, I still look up
And I expect you to show up
Whistle and come down
And certain things, no, I can't explain them
And maybe God had turned his back
Remember? Always in the street those days
Staying up late to feel grown up
When we competed in making mistakes
They asked: Who did it? And everyone played dumb
And it feels like just the other day
I hear your laughter in my head
As if you were in the next room

And we sat drinking, watching time go by
And it seemed like it never passed
I searched for money in my mother's purse
And all I found was trouble, hey
Those dreams at the bottom of the saddlebag
And the helmets on the handlebars
Arguing for hours without ever getting to the point
A dark sky and us playing ball against the wall
You acted tough, but with a clueless face
And we rocked on old wooden chairs
Always on the verge of falling
And we always lost our place in those books
This silence doesn't want to be quiet

And if I walk down that street
You know, I still look up
And I expect you to show up
Whistle and come down
And certain things, no, I can't explain them
And maybe God had turned his back
Remember? Always in the street those days
Staying up late to feel grown up
When we competed in making mistakes
They asked: Who did it? And everyone played dumb
And it feels like just the other day
I hear your laughter in my head
As if you were in the next room

And it feels like just the other day
I hear your laughter in my head
As if you were in the next room