The story
They are too broke to know they are rich.
They are twenty-somethin’ and broke, eating ramen in a kitchen half the size of a room, while she dances in her underwear to something on his phone. The landlord calls, the AC fails, and they laugh over a stick repair and one shared dessert, knowing someday the porch, the house, and the picket fence will make this memory ache harder.
Lyrics
Verse 1
We're twenty-somethin' broken, livin' off of love and fumes Eatin' ramen in a kitchen that's the size of half a room You're dancin' in your underwear to somethin' on my phone And I'm thinkin' this right here might be the best I've ever known
Pre-Chorus
We don't got much but baby we got now And someday we'll sit on some big ol' porch somehow
Chorus
Looking back on this, we're gonna miss these days The broke and beautiful, the young and unafraid We'll remember how the small things were the biggest things we had Looking back on this, we're gonna wish it back
Verse 2
The landlord called again, the AC's on the fritz You're laughing about the time I tried to fix it with a stick We're splittin' one dessert and callin' it a date And I swear I wouldn't trade a single thing upon my plate
Chorus
Looking back on this, we're gonna miss these days The broke and beautiful, the young and unafraid We'll remember how the small things were the biggest things we had Looking back on this, we're gonna wish it back
Verse 3
So let's burn this moment in, let's hold it while it's here The imperfect kind of perfect that's only crystal clear When you're old enough to know that time don't wait for plans And the richest days of your life fit right inside your hands
Bridge
Someday we'll have the house, the yard, the picket fence But we'll sit there on that porch and we'll say Remember when we had nothin' but each other And it was everything Looking back on this
The sound
Warm mid-tempo country, 100 BPM, gentle acoustic guitar with capo high on the neck for bright tone, soft piano chords, light percussion with brushes, understated bass, pedal steel adding nostalgia, tender male vocal duet potential, intimate and reflective production, slight build on final chorus with added harmonies and strings