Lights Come Up Slow 5

Intro

Lights come up slow

Verse 1 – male vocal

Black glass window, floor still shaking

The last sub drops while the doors unmake it

No coat, no clock, just the kick and the ache of it

Skyline fading soft like a bruise turning pale

The bassline folds back on itself twice before giving up

Feet still moving though the sound's turned thin

Eyes half closed against the gold that's getting through

Pre-Chorus – female vocal

Hold still, let it lift you slow

Not the end yet, just the glow

Chorus

Lights come up slow over the rooftops now

Eyes still shut but my heart knows how

Lights come up slow on a hundred towers

I'm still moving though there's nothing more to pour into this hour

Hands go limp where the beat used to be

The dark gives way and I don't know what to see

Verse 2 – male vocal

Someone's laughing soft by the fire door

The whole room leans forward, waiting for more

But the last light strip flickers out without a sound

We stand there glowing like embers of the underground

No name left that the daylight needs to find me by

Just this weight still humming low in my chest

The night lets go but it leaves a little heat

Pre-Chorus – female vocal

Hold still, let it lift you slow

Not the end yet, just the glow

Chorus

Lights come up slow over the rooftops now

Eyes still shut but my heart knows how

Lights come up slow on a hundred towers

I'm still moving though there's nothing more to pour into this hour

Hands go limp where the beat used to be

The dark gives way and I don't know what to see

Bridge – female vocal

Gold gets through my eyelids first as a glow

Then it finds me face on, soft and slow

No shadows left to hide behind

Just this feeling I don't recognize yet, not quite mine

Chorus

Lights come up slow over the rooftops now

Eyes still shut but my heart knows how

Lights come up slow on a hundred towers

I'm still moving though there's nothing more to pour into this hour

Hands go limp where the beat used to be

The dark gives way and I don't know what to see