The inspiration behind this song was nostalgia - specifically, the bittersweet nostalgia of young love.

A small-town girl stays back home when her high school sweetheart leaves to pursue big-city dreams. He returns ten years later to their old hangout and stirs up feelings that never faded for either of them.

As I was writing it, my son started

The inspiration behind this song was nostalgia - specifically, the bittersweet nostalgia of young love.

A small-town girl stays back home when her high school sweetheart leaves to pursue big-city dreams. He returns ten years later to their old hangout and stirs up feelings that never faded for either of them.

As I was writing it, my son started his first relationship.

At night before bed he always confides in me his dreams and fears.

"What if she breaks up with me?" he asked.

For the first time, he had something precious to lose.

Young love rarely gets a fair chance.

Outside factors interfere.

After all, he’s only nine.

But that's the beauty when it ends - it never fully blossomed, so the nostalgic question of "what if?" remains.

With this song, I loved the idea of capturing the snapshot that occurs decades later when teenage sweethearts reunite.

The electricity of first love rekindled after so many years.

That never forgotten feeling of your first love.