Nickelback - Photograph

Photograph by Nickelback, Music Video and Lyrics

“Photograph” is a single released by the Canadian band Nickelback, the first from their fifth studio album, All the Right Reasons (2005).
Presumably, its lyrics look back at the adolescence of frontman Chad Kroeger, who was responsible for writing the song.

Nickelback - Photograph Lyrics

Look at this photograph
Everytime I do it makes me laugh
How did our eyes get so red
And what the hell is on Joey’s head

And this is where I grew up
I think the present owner fixed it up
I never knew we’d ever went without
The second floor is hard for sneaking out

And this is where I went to school
Most of the time had better things to do
Criminal record says I broke in twice
I must have done it half a dozen times

I wonder if it’s too late
Should i go back and try to graduate
Life’s better now then it was back then
If I was them I wouldn’t let me in

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, god, I

Every memory of looking out the back door
I had the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor
It’s hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye.
Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
It’s hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye.

Remember the old arcade
Blew every dollar that we ever made
The cops hated us hangin’ out
They say somebody went and burned it down

We used to listen to the radio
And sing along with every song we know
We said someday we’d find out how it feels
To sing to more than just the steering wheel

Kim’s the first girl I kissed
I was so nervous that I nearly missed
She’s had a couple of kids since then
I haven’t seen her since god knows when

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, god, I

I miss that town
I miss the faces
You can’t erase
You can’t replace it
I miss it now
I can’t believe it
So hard to stay
Too hard to leave it

If I could I relive those days
I know the one thing that would never change

Look at this photograph
Everytime I do it makes me laugh
Everytime I do it makes me…

Nickelback - Photograph Song Info

Released in Japan September 20, 2005, in Europe September 27, 2005
Format CD single, Airplay,
Digital download
Recorded 2005 in Abbotsford, BC, Canada
Genre Alternative rock, power ballad
Length 4:22 (album version)
3:54 (radio edit)
Label Roadrunner
Writer Nickelback, Chad Kroeger
Producer Nickelback
Certification 2x Platinum RIAA