The stories behind Almost Like Old Times

• Almost Like Old Times, Take Two: Slower, In 3/4 Time — This recording of Almost Like Old Times keeps the country waltz's pedal steel but slows the tempo further, leaning into its quieter, more reflective side.
• Almost Like Old Times: When The Big Room Finally Felt Normal Again — Almost Like Old Times is about a specific moment: the year the field's in-person gatherings finally felt like themselves again after years of smaller, scattered events.

Lyrics

Three Years of Screams

waiting just to see remember

when the bedroom had to close its door we found each other smaller

state by state once more

called it the safer way safer got us through but it wasn't quite

the same as this room with you

almost like old times badge against my chest almost like

old times hug before the rest

Almost like old times, standing in this light

Almost like old times, and that's enough this time

Almost like old times

Badged against my chest

Almost like old times

Hugged before the rest

Almost like old times

Standing in this line

Almost like old times

And that's enough this time

The registration desk is stacked three deep again

Somebody's crying happy, somebody's grinning wild

Old faces older now, a few new faces too

Both of us just standing here like we never left the room

Almost like old times,

badge against my chest

Almost like old times, hug before the rest

Almost like old times, standing in this line

Almost like old times, and that's enough this time

A few good folks who aren't here to see it

The room remembers them even so

We carried what we learned in the smaller rooms

Back into the one we used to know

Almost like old times, badge against my chest

Almost like old times, hug before the rest

Almost like old times, standing in this line

Almost like old times, and that's enough this time

Almost like old times

Almost like old times