[Intro] [Sound of a spaceship traveling through deep space, low rumble, slow filter sweep] [Strings swell, long legato, no piano] [Verse 1 - Male Voice A, low rap, vocal fry, steady cadence] Ugh. We signed our names on borrowed light, Called it ours like the walls would stay. You held the door, I held the night, Both of us pretending we could stay. Rented rooms and a stolen sky, Every promise had a clock inside. I kept your jacket, you kept my lie, We called it love 'cause we couldn't call it time. [Verse 2 - Male Voice B, low rap, a little rougher] I watched the streetlights count us down, Two shadows leaning on a fading town. They said hold on, but nothing's yours to hold, Not the gold, not the years, not the cold. I swore I'd stand where the fire starts, Carry your name through the dark in parts. But the dark don't give, it only takes, And I'm still here, counting what it breaks. [Pre-Chorus - both, half-spoken, strings rising] So tell me what we ever owned, Besides the ache, besides the road. [Chorus - both voices, sung low, wide strings, major lift on the last line] These are the nights of future lost, Everything we had was only lent. Nothing we have is ever ours, Just the weight of it, and the way we spent. Nights of future lost, Still I'd choose you at the cost. [Verse 3 - Male Voice A, rap, anger edge] Don't ask me to forgive the clock, Or bow my head to what it stole. I'll keep this fire in my chest, Contempt for every door that closed. They built the world on "mine" and "yours," We built a home out of what we saw. No deed, no name, no stone, no law, Just two men standing through it all. [Bridge - Male Voice B, spoken, strings drop to a whisper] If it was never ours to keep, Then I was never yours to leave. [Final Chorus - both voices, strings at full swell, bravery in the tone] These are the nights of future lost, We burned the maps and called it brave. Nothing we have is ever ours, But I'm still standing in the wave. Nights of future lost, Still I'd choose you at the cost. [Outro] [Strings fade, bass holds the E, spaceship sound drifts away into silence]
