Pacific Paradise - 6.After The Fireworks

[Intro — soft male harmony stack] Ooh… After the fireworks After the light… [Verse 1 — Male] Paper cups scattered in the sand Smoke still hanging over the pier Everybody’s gone, but you and I Are standing like the summer’s still here Your shoes in your hand, your hair coming down Red and gold fading over the town You looked at me like you already knew There wasn’t much left for us to do [Pre-Chorus — Male + soft harmonies] All night we watched the heavens burn Now there’s only stars Funny how the brightest things Show you where the darkness starts [Chorus — Male] After the fireworks After the crowd goes home After the last spark falls from the sky Tell me we won’t be alone After the fireworks When there’s nothing left to prove If all we have is one more night I wanna spend it here with you [Post-Chorus — layered harmonies] Ooh… stay Ooh… don’t fade away [Verse 2 — Female] You always talked like time was ours Like September couldn’t cross that line But I could feel the seasons turning Even with your hand in mine I wanted so badly to believe That wanting something made it stay But every wave that touched our feet Was already pulling away [Pre-Chorus — Female, Male responses] Female: All night we watched the heavens burn Male: (I remember) Female: Now the smoke is clearing Male: (Stay beside me) Both: Maybe love isn’t holding on Maybe love is being here [Chorus — Both] After the fireworks After the crowd goes home After the last spark falls from the sky We don’t have to be alone After the fireworks When the colors disappear If tomorrow takes you away from me Tonight you’re still right here [Instrumental Interlude] [Bridge — Male/Female alternating] Male: I don’t need another promise Female: I don’t need another lie Male: Don’t tell me we’ll have forever Female: Just don’t say goodbye Male: Let the ocean keep the morning Female: Let the highway lose our names Both: For one more minute Let everything stay the same [A Cappella — full mixed harmony] Stay… Just a little longer Stay… Till the stars are gone Ooh… Nothing lasts forever Ahh… But tonight goes on [Guitar Solo — soaring melodic solo] [Final Chorus — full band] After the fireworks After the whole world fades I’ll remember your face in the dying light Long after tonight slips away After the fireworks After our summer is through There’ll always be one little piece of July That belongs to me and you [Countermelodies building] (After the light) (After the summer) (Don’t disappear) (I’ll remember) Both: And somewhere west of forever There’s still a sky on fire [Outro — instruments falling away] Female: Do you remember? Male: I’ll always remember Female: The colors above us? Male: The ocean below Both + harmony stack: After the fireworks That’s where I’ll go [A cappella tag] When I want to find you again.