[Verse 1]
Twenty-five in twenty-ten
Never going back again
Other side of a locked door
Thirty-nine in twenty-four

[Chorus]
The days were long
When we (When we)
Were young (Were young)
I held on while I could

[Verse 2]
Faces of the days to come
Brightened by the shallow sun
In the shadows that they cast
Pieces of the shining past

[Chorus]
The days were long
When we (When we)
Were young (Were young)
I held on while I could
When we were new
Our eyes (Our eyes)
Were blue (Were blue)
But now that's only you
[Outro]
I held on while I could
I held on while I could