[Verse 1]
Cut the engine, kill the headlights seven houses down
My chest was pounding so hard, I still almost hear the sound
We were deathcab making plans there on the dead-end street
I remember feeling so much, I could barely breathe
[Pre-Chorus]
We were perfect, we were magic
We were lightning when we had it
[Chorus]
I wish we bottled it up so we could feel it again
Now whеn I think about us, all I can see is the end
We didn't know what it was, how could wе know what to do?
Why is young love, young love wasted on youth?
[Verse 2]
What if that summer never was? What if you and me
Lost it to someone else? What if we met at twenty-three?
Would we have made it last if we knew how bad heartbreak hurts?
What if the best we ever had happened to be the first?
[Chorus]
I wish we bottled it up so we could feel it again
Now when I think about us, all I can see is the end
We didn't know what it was, how could we know what to do?
Why is young love, young love wasted on youth?
[Post-Chorus]
Wasted on youth
[Bridge]
I wanna believe that we were alive
We had the real thing, not just a dopamine high
[Chorus]
I wish we bottled it up so we could feel it again
Now when I think about us, all I can see is the end
We didn't know what it was, how could we know what to do?
Why is young love, young love wasted on youth?
[Outro]
Woah, wasted on youth
Oh