[Verse 1] Chrome cassette winding tight in the deck Headphones resting warm on your neck Bicycle spokes spinning out in the street August air heavy, our eyes didn't meet Staring too long at a magazine page Acting way older than our actual age You pass me a note with the edges all torn In the back of the gym where a promise was born [Pre-Chorus] And the cassette tape is spinning so slow With a song that we only could know [Chorus] Oh, caught in the pull of these magnetic dreams We're closer to heaven than real life seems With double-knit cotton and oversized hair Whispering secrets we wouldn't dare share Just press down the button and let the reels spin Where the rest of our lives are just waiting to begin [Verse 2] Riding double-up home in the flickering dark Locking our bikes by the edge of the park A pocketful of quarters, a bag of arcade mints Everything glowing with neon-blue tints You take off your jacket and hand it to me A little bit clumsy, as wild as can be The hum of the transformer down on the wire Feeding the spark of a quiet desire [Pre-Chorus] And the cassette tape is spinning so slow With a song that we only could know [Chorus] Oh, caught in the pull of these magnetic dreams We're closer to heaven than real life seems With double-knit cotton and oversized hair Whispering secrets we wouldn't dare share Just press down the button and let the reels spin Where the rest of our lives are just waiting to begin [Bridge] Iron oxide and ribbons of brown Holding the weight of this small-town-bound world When forever was measured in minutes and songs And nothing could ever go terribly wrong [Guitar Solo / Soaring Synth Lead] [Chorus] Oh, caught in the pull of these magnetic dreams We're closer to heaven than real life seems With double-knit cotton and oversized hair Whispering secrets we wouldn't dare share Just press down the button and let the reels spin Where the rest of our lives are just waiting to begin [Outro] Just the hiss of the tape in the quiet room Chasing away all the teenage gloom Magnetic... and true [Soft click of the stop button]
