[Verse] The screen would flicker green and blue A pixel world I’d wander through Joystick in hand I’d take the lead On 8-bit quests my heart would feed [Chorus] My youth with the C64 Loading dreams from tape to score It beeped it buzzed it stole my time Forever trapped in its neon rhyme [Verse 2] Cassette wheels spinning Hiss and hum Patience tested Here it comes Sprites would dance like fireflies In a world where I could fly [Prechorus] Press play rewind Let’s go again Forever starts with BASIC then [Chorus] My youth with the C64 Loading dreams from tape to score It beeped it buzzed it stole my time Forever trapped in its neon rhyme [Bridge] The games were slow The joy was fast Each pixel frame a memory cast In monochrome or vivid hue The future felt so fresh and new
