Burnout Halo (Version 2)

Verse

Parking lot's hot, asphalt shimmers

Radio bass through rolled-down windows

Nineteen and reckless, tank top sticking

Chalk dust rising where the bar keeps dropping

Sweat drips gold down my collarbone

Summer's calling, I won't sit alone

Pre-Chorus

Can you feel it climbing higher

Every heartbeat lighting fire

Am I burning out or just beginning

This is the summer I keep on winning

Chorus

I'm wearing my burnout halo

Bright like the last light of July

Running on empty, glowing anyway

This is the crown that never dies

Sweat like a shower of gold on my shoulders

I'm wearing my burnout halo

Verse

Ice melts faster than my four-minute mile

Friends on the bleachers screaming my name

Every drop of sweat's a piece of the flame

Sunset bleeding orange, the night still burning

This is the season we swore we'd remember

Bottled up sunlight, saved for December

Pre-Chorus

Can you feel it climbing higher

Every heartbeat lighting fire

Am I burning out or just beginning

This is the summer I keep on winning

Chorus

I'm wearing my burnout halo

Bright like the last light of July

Running on empty, glowing anyway

This is the crown that never dies

Sweat like a shower of gold on my shoulders

I'm wearing my burnout halo

Bridge

Maybe we crash when September comes

Maybe this fire burns down to none

But right now the sky's still holding gold

Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn out loud

Chorus

I'm wearing my burnout halo

Bright like the last light of July

Running on empty, glowing anyway

This is the crown that never dies

Sweat like a shower of gold on my shoulders

I'm wearing my burnout halo