Golden Hour Runs Out

Verse

Sixteen and sunburnt on the hood of your car

Radio static, but we don't get far

Peach juice running down to my wrist

Counting the minutes like they won't be missed

Porch light buzzing, moths in the beam

Half of this summer feels stitched out of dreams

Pre-Chorus

But the shadows keep stretching long

Somebody's mama's calling us home

Can't we hold this a little bit more

Before it slips out that screen door

Chorus

Golden hour runs out, runs out

But we're laughing like it never will

Painting gold on a windowsill

Golden hour runs out, runs out

Still I'm holding your hand so tight

Trying to freeze the fading light

Verse

Sparklers writing our names in the air

Gravel road dust caught up in your hair

Bonfire smoke on my old denim shirt

Nothing about this could ever hurt

Radio dial finds a song we both know

Windows down, watch the fireflies glow

Pre-Chorus

But the shadows keep stretching long

Somebody's mama's calling us home

Can't we hold this a little bit more

Before it slips out that screen door

Chorus

Golden hour runs out, runs out

But we're laughing like it never will

Painting gold on a windowsill

Golden hour runs out, runs out

Still I'm holding your hand so tight

Trying to freeze the fading light

Bridge

Ten years gone and I still taste that peach

Still hear gravel underneath our feet

Maybe forever was never the plan

Maybe it's enough that once, we ran

Straight into a burning sky

Not scared of a single goodbye

Chorus

Golden hour runs out, runs out

But we laughed like it never would

Left our names carved in that wood

Golden hour runs out, runs out

And I'm still holding on that light

Long after that summer night