Midnight Falls in NYC

[Intro] Ten Nine Eight We counting down this city heartbeat [Verse 1] Frost on my breath in the bright glare Gold confetti stuck in my hair Camera phones up like a night sky We the skyline, we the light high Street steam rising, feels unreal Strangers shoulder to shoulder, steel Metal barricades, velvet coats I can taste champagne in my throat [Pre-Chorus] Whole world watching through a tiny screen We right here living in the in-between Old year fading in a neon haze New one hiding in the purple haze [Chorus] Ball drop, time stop, New York hold your breath Every second that we got, we steal back from death When the numbers hit zero and the crowd goes wild Let the past fall down, let the future smile Ball drop, time stop, echo in my chest If I leave tomorrow, I was here, I was blessed When the sky rains glass and glitter on us all We rise up, we rise up with the fall [Verse 2] Big coat, club wristband underneath Last train home inked on my receipt DJ spinning like the lights uptown Every kick drum shaking up the ground Taxi horns talk in a crooked key Billboards blink like they know me Her lipstick smudge on a paper cup She said, "Tonight, we really growing up" [Pre-Chorus] Whole block humming like an energy field Old scars, new stars starting to heal Past year heavy in my head like lead This beat the bridge from the then to the next instead [Chorus] [Bridge] Five, four, crowd in a fever Three, two, heart like a speaker One, then silence, half a breath Kiss, then chaos, life and death [whispered vocals] Make a wish, let it go See the sparks in the snow Every tear, every doubt you kept Hit the pavement when the countdown slept [Chorus]