Back Again

[Verse 1]
Thank God we didn't tell our friends
How embarrassing that would have been
Them acting like referees, watching us at parties
Under a microscope lens

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm already stressed that you're in the room
I can't look you in the eye, do they see it, too?
I can't be normal with you

[Chorus]
It ain't what it was, but it is what it is
It's the end of an era of as good as it gets
Well, I learned from my father
You can't tread old water
Can't be friends, then lovers, then friends
Once you burn that bridge
You can't go back again

[Verse 2]
Thank God I didn't tell my mother
I could just picture the call
She'd bring your name up, hear my voice tear up
And say she never liked you at all
Even if it wasn't your fault

[Chorus]
Still, it ain't what it was, but it is what it is
It's the end of an era of as good as it gets
Well, I learned from my father
You can't tread old water
Can't be friends, then lovers, then friends
Once you burn that bridge
You can't go back

[Bridge]
When we were stupid
Back when we ruined
Five years with a five-second kiss
From friends to lovers
To I may never see you again

[Chorus]
It ain't what it was, but it is what it is
It's the end of an era that I can't get back again
Well, I learned from my father
You can't tread old water
Can't be friends, then lovers, then friends
When you burn that bridge
You can't go back again

[Outro]
You can't go back
I can't go back again