[Verse 1] I was fifteen with a Quasar pack Running through the dark with my mates at my back Bradford on a Saturday, lights flashing red Living for the scoreboards hanging over our heads Christian in the corner, impossible to hit Absolute nightmare but he was good at it Dave Bacon laughing while we're planning our attack And Eddie shouting Move! as we sprinted through the black [Pre-Chorus] We weren't chasing money We weren't chasing fame Just a bunch of kids Trying to make our names [Chorus] And I still hear those sirens in my mind The countdown starting, every single time From Bradford down to Bedford Slough on a rainy night We were kings beneath the neon lights We had bruises on our knees And laser marks on our pride But we'd have played forever If somebody let us try We were kings beneath the neon lights [Verse 2] The tournaments were everything back then Every weekend somewhere different with friends Maps in our pockets and dreams in our heads Trying to beat the best before the evening ended Sometimes we'd win and sometimes we'd get smoked Then spend the whole drive home talking tactics and jokes Never thinking one day we'd all disappear Into jobs and mortgages and another year [Pre-Chorus] But every now and then When I close my eyes I can still see those arenas Burning bright [Chorus] And I still hear those sirens in my mind The countdown starting, every single time From Bradford down to Bedford Slough on a rainy night We were kings beneath the neon lights We had bruises on our knees And laser marks on our pride But we'd have played forever If somebody let us try We were kings beneath the neon lights [Bridge] Funny how the years go fast Funny what survives Not the trophies on the shelf But the people by your side Christian, Dave and Eddie Still running through my head Like shadows in an arena Long after the game's dead [Final Chorus] And I still hear those sirens in my mind The countdown starting, every single time From Bradford down to Bedford Slough on a rainy night We were kings beneath the neon lights And if I could go back Just for one more ride You'd find me in the darkness With a pack upon my side Still chasing ghosts beneath the neon lights [Outro] We were kings beneath the neon lights We were kings beneath the neon lights
