Neon in the puddles on the midnight street, Headphones up, my heartbeat riding on the beat, Taxi lights are smearing into liquid lines, Every flash of color pulls you into mind. Footsteps on the asphalt, echoes in the rain, Every little raindrop spelling out your name. I try to walk past all the places that we knew, But every shadow paints a silhouette of you, The city’s talking in a language that we made, Your voice is hidden in the sounds that never fade. Neon in the water, replaying you and me, Every little ripple echoes what we used to be, Neon in the water, playing back our night, Then the cars move on and you fall out of sight. Billboards on the corner flicker black and blue, Glitches in the light feel just like me and you, Reflections on the glass are cutting through the haze, Fragments of our story looping through the days. Traffic in the distance like a restless tide, Rising, falling softly like the way we tried. I breathe the cold air, let it wash across my skin, Like water on a canvas where we used to begin, I see our laughter in the steam above the train, Then it fades to nothing, drifting with the rain. Neon in the water, replaying you and me, Every little ripple echoes what we used to be, Neon in the water, playing back our night, Then the cars move on and you fall out of sight. Neon in the water, but I can finally breathe, Let the moving currents carry what we couldn’t keep, Neon in the water, setting you all free, Every shining ripple turns you to a memory. Neon in the water, fading with the light, I am walking forward, disappearing from the night. Whispers in the water, leaving you behind.
