The Movies (Experimental Cinema Cut)

[Verse 1] Nineteen eighty, the screen goes white A summer kid holds his breath A moonlit kiss, a haunted house A car flies out of the death Nineteen eighty-one, dust and gold A fedora in the sun Nineteen eighty-two, the doors swing slow And the future starts to run [Pre-Chorus] One year, one flash One line that cuts One face in the dark And the whole world lights up [Chorus] Roll the reel, roll the reel Let the years come back to me Roll the reel, roll the reel Every frame a memory From the first big roar To the final scene Roll the reel, roll the reel And take me through the dream [Verse 2] Nineteen eighty-three, a broken throne A family on the edge Nineteen eighty-four, a metal grin A hunter in the hedge Nineteen eighty-five, a midnight ride A notebook, a clock, a spark Nineteen eighty-six, a pilot dives Through thunder in the dark [Pre-Chorus] One year, one spark One song, one shout One scene that stays When the credits wash out [Chorus] Roll the reel, roll the reel Let the years come back to me Roll the reel, roll the reel Every frame a memory From the first big roar To the final scene Roll the reel, roll the reel And take me through the dream [Bridge] Nineties rain on a painted street A heart in a getaway car Two thousand summers, borrowed light And a wish on every star Then the newer days With the old ghosts loud We sang through the fade In a trembling crowd [Chorus] Roll the reel, roll the reel Let the years come back to me Roll the reel, roll the reel Every frame a memory From the first big roar To the final scene Roll the reel, roll the reel And take me through the dream [Outro] Two thousand twenty, fade to black But I still hear the line On every wall, in every tear The movies held my time