"Back Again" lyrics

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
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

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

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

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

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"

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

I can't go back
I can't go back again