Verse 1
I've got a tape in my hands, magnetic gold
Rewind button keeps it warm, like it never lets go
Your voice skips on the second track, but I hold on tight
Summer rain and your laughter still sound right
Bicycle chain clicking against the curb down below
Sunlight dancing through the blinds as you walk out the door
I'm sitting here with my headphones, watching time rewind
Every song we danced to is playing out in time
Pre-Chorus
Do you remember the way the static screamed?
When we mixed up the rhythm of your heartbeat and mine
Chorus
Ghosts in my cassette tape, burning like a sunset on repeat
I'm rewinding back to love that I thought was too good to keep
Every hiss is holding onto what we used to feel
I won't turn off this magnetic reel
Ghosts in my cassette tape, skipping through the night
Rewind button keeps our hearts alive tonight
Hold this golden hiss close and let it hold you true
Cassette ghost, I'm rewinding back to you
Verse 2
Old record shop down on 6th Street still sells the same old shells
I've got your handwritten mixtape in a worn-out Polaroid shell
Every crackle holds a memory we're still alive inside
You used to sing along in the car while driving out of town
Your fingers tangled with mine while the tape ran through the rewind
You sang 'Hey, baby' loud so I could hear what you'd say
I'm tracing the static now like it's your handwriting on my skin
Every ghostly note still whispers that we never really lose the line
Pre-Chorus
Do you remember the way the static screamed?
When we mixed up the rhythm of your heartbeat and mine
Chorus
Ghosts in my cassette tape, burning like a sunset on repeat
I'm rewinding back to love that I thought was too good to keep
Every hiss is holding onto what we used to feel
I won't turn off this magnetic reel
Ghosts in my cassette tape, skipping through the night
Rewind button keeps our hearts alive tonight
Hold this golden hiss close and let it hold you true
Cassette ghost, I'm rewinding back to you
Bridge
If love is just a static then I want more of that
Keep it crackling soft on my radio skin
Every ghostly hum is a reminder not to lose the line
I'll tape these memories close and never let them rewind
Bitter sweet like saltwater in the air tonight
Rewind button holding onto what we're meant to keep
Chorus
Ghosts in my cassette tape, burning like a sunset on repeat
I'm rewinding back to love that I thought was too good to keep
Every hiss is holding onto what we used to feel
I won't turn off this magnetic reel
Ghosts in my cassette tape, skipping through the night
Rewind button keeps our hearts alive tonight
Hold this golden hiss close and let it hold you true
Cassette ghost, I'm rewinding back to you