Back to 2016

[Instrumental Intro – distorted guitar riff, live drums]
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[Verse – muted guitar, steady drums]
Scrolling through old photos again
Black skinny jeans and my fake best friends
Late night drives, windows down
We thought we owned this broken town

Cheap tattoos and basement shows
Burned CDs and ripped-up clothes
We were loud but scared inside
Acting fearless just to hide

[Pre-Chorus – guitar build, cymbal rise]
Why does it feel like yesterday
When ten years just slipped away

[Chorus – full distorted guitars, big drums]
Take me back to 2016
When we were reckless, wild, unseen
No rent due, no 9-to-5
Just late-night texts saying “we’re alive”

Take me back to 2016
Before the world got so routine
Now it’s 2026 and I swear
It still feels like we’re right there

[Instrumental Break – guitar lead riff]
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[Verse – palm-muted guitar, driving bass]
Same songs playing in my head
Same old dreams we never said
We swore we’d never change at all
Now we barely even call

Snapchat memories hit too hard
Old group chats feel like scars
We said forever, meant a year
Now forever disappeared

[Pre-Chorus – drums build, layered guitars]
Every photo freezes time
But I can’t rewind

[Chorus – full band, raw vocals]
Take me back to 2016
When heartbreak felt like movie scenes
We were broke but we felt rich
On cheap beer and bad decisions

Take me back to 2016
Before the weight of everything
Now it’s 2026 and I swear
It still feels like we’re right there

[Bridge – drums drop out, gritty vocal, light guitar]
Maybe we were naive
Maybe that’s what we need
A little less reality
A little more “we’ll see”

[Build – snare hits, guitar feedback]
Count it down
Ten years gone

[Final Chorus – full band, shout vocals]
Take me back to 2016
When the future felt so clean
Now it’s 2026 and I know
We can’t go back but I won’t let it go

[Outro – fading guitar feedback]
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Pop punk, grunge,distorted guitars,live drums,punchy bass,raw vocals,anthem chorus,nostalgic energy, male, live