Wide Awake in Neon

Verse

Gas station glow on a cracked windshield

Barefoot on the hood, tar still warm from the day

Radio static turns to gold when it's sealed

Nineteen and reckless, we don't know any other way

Cherry slush melting fast down my wrist

Headlights cut through like a dare we can't resist

Pre-Chorus

Can you feel the heat climbing up your spine

Somewhere past midnight we cross the line

Are we ever coming down from this

Chorus

We're wide awake in neon

Running on nothing but young

Sky's turned pink like it's cheering us on

Wide awake in neon

Hearts on fire, engines undone

This is the summer we can't outrun

Verse

Boardwalk lights flicker on the ferris wheel spin

Cotton candy breath and a borrowed guitar

Salt on our skin where the tide let us in

We're chasing the glow of a cheap dollar star

Sneakers off, running the length of the pier

Nothing can touch us, not tonight, not this year

Pre-Chorus

Can you feel the heat climbing up your spine

Somewhere past midnight we cross the line

Are we ever coming down from this

Chorus

We're wide awake in neon

Running on nothing but young

Sky's turned pink like it's cheering us on

Wide awake in neon

Hearts on fire, engines undone

This is the summer we can't outrun

Bridge

Someday we'll be older, chasing clocks instead of stars

But tonight the whole world fits inside this car

No plans, no ending, just the wind and the glow

Let the years catch up, we're not ready to go

Chorus

We're wide awake in neon

Running on nothing but young

Sky's turned pink like it's cheering us on

Wide awake in neon

Hearts on fire, engines undone

This is the summer we can't outrun