Halfway to the Neon Dawn (2.Ø)

[The Halfway to the Neon Dawn 2.ZERØ] Empty playground Swings in the wind Phone full of faces I don’t talk to again Posters on the wall Curl at the corners I’m packing up a stranger’s skin Street outside Hums like a warning Old hoodie Still smells like last autumn Laugh while I’m zipping Up these boxes Hands shaking at the bottom [Chorus] I’m halfway to the Neon Dawn Too late to turn the silence off Childhood in the rearview Small and fading Future like a storm I’m facing I’m halfway to the Neon Dawn Tearing every safety off Heartbeat louder than the world I’m breaking I can feel a new life waking (oh) Calendar crowded With things I should be Deadlines and door codes Keys with my name on the lease I miss skipping stones On useless evenings Now every minute’s got teeth Friends get engaged On tiny screens I scroll past smiles Like movie scenes I’m dressed in a version They keep expecting But under this shirt I’m still seventeen [Chorus] I’m halfway to the Neon Dawn Too late to turn the silence off Childhood in the rearview Small and fading Future like a storm I’m facing I’m halfway to the Neon Dawn Tearing every safety off Heartbeat louder than the world I’m breaking I can feel a new life waking (oh-oh) Is this freedom Or free fall? Am I growing up Or getting lost? I trade every easy answer For a little raw truth Every scar I carry Is the proof I’m halfway to the Neon Dawn Too late to turn the silence off Childhood in the rearview Small and fading Future like a storm I’m facing I’m halfway to the Neon Dawn Tearing every safety off Heartbeat louder than the world I’m breaking I can feel a new life waking I’m halfway to the Neon Dawn Eyes wide As the dark moves on Every aching step that I am taking Is the sound of a new life waking (yeah)