**\[Verse 1]** Found another sunrise in a candy-colored cloud, Trading all my textbooks for a suit of stardust loud. We’ll feed the myths to tigers in a tangerine parade, Then tattoo every promise on a thrift-store accolade. **\[Pre-Chorus]** Every daydream’s on prescription; we refill it when we can— Living off the cosmic ration packs of children’s contraband. **\[Chorus]** So let’s build neon castles in the static of the sky, Drink the glitter from the fountains, let our plastic angels fly. We were born to fake forever, we were wired to disappear— Strike a match inside the mirror, watch tomorrow reappear. --- **\[Verse 2]** We’re scrolling through the future on a phosphor-green device, Selling counterfeit epiphanies for ultraviolet price. The vinyl of our heartbeat skips a loop at 4 a.m., But the chorus tastes like freedom so we’ll spin it once again. **\[Pre-Chorus]** All the algorithms humming lullabies to faded gods— Tell me, are we living legends or just mannequins in pods? **\[Chorus]** Let’s build neon castles in the static of the sky, Drink the glitter from the fountains, let our plastic angels fly. We were born to fake forever, we were wired to disappear— Strike a match inside the mirror, watch tomorrow reappear. --- **\[Bridge]** *(falsetto group chant with playground claps)* Paper rockets, sugar rockets, launch them into outer space— If the universe is empty, paint a sunrise on its face. Lo-fi hallelujahs echo through the voxel rain— If our script is just illusion, play the ending twice again. --- **\[Verse 3]** When the dopamine confetti settles softly on the crowd, We’ll rehearse another legend, swear we’ll make our parents proud. Youth is just a mixtape on a broken Walkman smile— Press rewind, distort our voices, stay electric for a while. **\[Chorus]** *(double chorus with harmony layers)* Come on, build neon castles in the static of the sky, Drink the glitter from the fountains, let our plastic angels fly. We were born to fake forever, we were wired to disappear— Strike a match inside the mirror, watch tomorrow reappear. Yeah, we’ll build neon castles in the static of the sky, Save a seat for every phantom that we summoned in July. We were born to fake forever; now the future’s growing near— Light the spark inside the mirror, watch ourselves re-engineer. --- **\[Outro]** *(soft vocoder, tape hiss)* Neon castles crumble easy, But the glow remains sincere— We’ll pretend until it’s real, love, Till the magenta dawn is clear.
