Fading Footsteps

We walked those rusty tracks in the summer heat,
Chasing whispers of a story no one knew,
Laughing loud to hide the fear beneath our feet,
Just boys dreaming bigger than the sky was blue.

The river sang low, the pines stood tall,
Something pulling us farther from it all.
We swore we'd never let the years erase
The way we felt in that endless place.
Oh, that endless place.

Bound by secrets only we could see,
You and I were brothers, young and free.
Oh, young and free!
Through the dust and the danger, side by side,
We found forever on that railroad line.
Oh, that railroad line.

Talked about the world like we owned the truth,
Cigarettes stolen, stories half-made up,
Hearts too young to know the weight of youth,
But old enough to fill adventure's cup.
Old enough to fill adventure's cup.

Bound by secrets only we could see,
You and I were brothers, young and free.
Oh, young and free!
Through the dust and the danger, side by side,
We found forever on that railroad line.
Oh, that railroad line.

Time rolls on like trains we couldn't stop,
Faces change and voices lose their spark,
But in the quiet I still hear the echo drop
Of footsteps fading into the dark.
Oh, footsteps fading into the dark.

Bound by secrets only we could see,
You and I were brothers, young and free.
Oh, young and free.
Through the dust and the danger, side by side,
We found forever on that railroad line.
We found forever on that railroad line!

We found forever!
Yeah, we found forever!
We found forever!
Oh, forever!

©2025 Hugh Mungus