So Long, Astoria

It was the first snow of the season
 I can almost see you breathing
 In the middle of that empty street
 Sometimes I still see myself
 In that lonesome bedroom
 Playing my guitar and singing songs of hope for a better future
 Life is only as good as the memories we make
 And I'm taking back what belongs to me
 Polaroids of classrooms unattended
 These relics of remembrance
 Are just like shipwrecks
 Only they're gone faster than the smell after it rains
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 Last night while everyone was sleeping
 I drove through my old neighborhood
 And resurrected memories from ashes
 We said that we would never fit in
 When we were really just like them
 Does rebellion ever make a difference?
 Life is only as good as the memories we make
 And I'm taking back what belongs to me
 Polaroids of classrooms unattended
 These relics of remembrance
 Are just like shipwrecks
 Only they're gone faster than the smell after it rains
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 So long, Astoria
 I found a map to buried treasure
 Even if we come home empty-handed
 We'll still have our stories
 Of battle scars, pirate ships and wounded hearts
 Broken bones and all the best of friendships
 And when this hourglass has filtered out its final grain of sand
 I'll raise my glass to the memories we own
 This is my world
 And I'm taking it back
 I'm taking 'em all back