[Intro — distant synth pulse, reverberating guitar] [Verse 1] They're stacking chairs against the wall Someone turned the music down Last call echoes through the room While strangers disappear downtown Red signs flicker through the glass Rain is turning into gray All the colors we've been hiding in Are slowly draining away [Pre-Chorus] Soon the lights come on Soon there's nowhere left to hide Tell me who we'll be When the neon dies [Chorus] When the neon dies And the morning finds our faces When there's no more dark To hide the things we couldn't say When the neon dies And the night gives up the sky Will you still know who I am When there's nowhere left to hide? [Verse 2] Broken bottles by the curb Taxi tires cut through rain Someone laughs across the street Like they'll never come this way again I see myself in shuttered glass Without the violet and blue For the first time all night long I almost recognize the view [Pre-Chorus] Now the lights come on There's nowhere left to hide Maybe we survive When the neon dies [Chorus] When the neon dies And the morning finds our faces When there's no more dark To hide the things we couldn't say When the neon dies And the night gives up the sky Will you still know who I am When there's nowhere left to hide? [Short Instrumental — melodic bass, distant guitar] [Bridge — very sparse] Maybe morning isn't mercy Maybe night was never home Maybe all these empty streets Were teaching us to walk alone I spent so long becoming Who I thought I was at night But maybe I don't disappear Just because They turn on the lights [Final Chorus — gradual full-band build] When the neon dies And the morning finds my face When there's no more dark I don't have to look away When the neon dies And the night gives up the sky Maybe I can still be someone In the daylight [Outro — instruments gradually disappear] No saints No sinners No ultraviolet light Just morning Through the window And somehow I'm alright [Final instrumental — distant synth pulse] [Fade to silence]
