[Intro] We were kids with the dashboard glow Big dreams in a town that moved too slow Hands on the wheel but nowhere to go Laughing like we didn’t already know Nothing gold ever stays that way Nothing lost ever fully fades Still I hear your name in the static rain Like the night itself still remembers pain [Verse 1] We used to run like the streetlights chased us Young enough to think the dark couldn’t take us Every cheap lie sounded holy then Every broken road felt like home back then Now the years got teeth and they bite down clean On the little white ghosts of what could’ve been I still wear those nights like a second skin Even if they don’t fit me the same again [Pre-Chorus] And I know, I know We were building heaven out of radio And I know, I know Half of what we loved was letting go [Chorus] So let it hit like a midnight summer Heartbeat loud when the world goes under We were fire in a rented sky Too young to quit, too dumb to die And it hurts, yeah, it hurts, but I still want more Of the sound, of the smoke, of the slammed screen door Bittersweet like a truth you can’t outrun Neon never told the truth to anyone [Verse 2] We made vows in the blur of the parking lot Swore forever like forever cost nothing much You with your storm, me with my cracked-up grin Two bad saints trying hard to look innocent Then life came mean with a heavy hand Scattered our plans like ash in the wind Now I talk tough, but the truth cuts through A lot of what I became still points at you [Pre-Chorus] And I know, I know Time don’t heal, it just teaches slow And I know, I know Some doors close but the echo won’t [Chorus] So let it hit like a midnight summer Heartbeat loud when the world goes under We were fire in a rented sky Too young to quit, too dumb to die And it hurts, yeah, it hurts, but I still want more Of the sound, of the smoke, of the slammed screen door Bittersweet like a truth you can’t outrun Neon never told the truth to anyone [Bridge] I still see us in the rearview glass All sharp edges and a counterfeit laugh You said, “Don’t blink, this won’t come twice” Funny how that turned out right Now the room goes wide, the beat cuts low Half-speed heart with nowhere to go And in the drop of the silence, clear as a scar I find out who we really are [Breakdown] Not the saints, not the sinners Not the losers, not the winners Just two souls with their hands lit up Trying to hold on while the lights blew up That’s the joke, that’s the sting You can lose damn near everything Still one old song, one passing car Can bring you back to where you are [Final Chorus] So let it hit like a midnight summer One last dance while the speakers thunder We were fire in a rented sky Too young to quit, too dumb to die And it hurts, yeah, it hurts, but I bless that ache Every wrong turn, every chance we’d break Bittersweet like the dark before the sun Neon never told the truth to anyone [Outro] But we did For a second, we did In the flash, in the noise, in the blur we became More than shadows with a borrowed name And I can live with the loss, with the damage done ’Cause dawn still comes Yeah, dawn still comes
