Intro
Sodium lights on the overpass hum
Seventeen and already outrun
Diner clock frozen stuck on nine
Two coffees cold, your hand in mine
Verse
They said we'd fold before July
Said kids like us don't learn to fly
But we found sparks in a busted radio
Static prayers on the county road
Your daddy's truck with the check light on
Half a tank and we're already gone
Cornfields blur into amber streaks
Windows down, we don't need to speak
They drew the lines, said stay inside them
Painted futures, told us to abide them
But we crossed out every dotted street
Danced on hoods in the summer heat
Called us reckless, called us wrong
Called us nothing, we call it home
Every warning sign we've ever passed
Just proves we're built for the crash
Hook
We were never built to last
So we're burning twice as fast
Paper wings and gasoline
Chase the brightest thing we've seen
Let them bet against the odds
We'll be gone before the frost
Hold on tight, don't look back
We were never built to last
Verse
Small town funeral for our names
Whispered in the same old frames
But we kept driving past the sign
That says this road's the end of the line
Bonfire sparks like fallen stars
Kissing scars from borrowed cars
Every curfew that we broke
Every promise up in smoke
We're the echo they can't erase
Wildflowers in a paved-over place
They poured concrete, we grew through cracks
Every setback, we send it back
Called us shadows, called us thin
But shadows stretch when the light comes in
Every doubt they've ever cast
Just proves we're built for the crash
Hook
We were never built to last
So we're burning twice as fast
Paper wings and gasoline
Chase the brightest thing we've seen
Let them bet against the odds
We'll be gone before the frost
Hold on tight, don't look back
We were never built to last
Bridge
Maybe we won't make it to thirty
Maybe our luck's already dirty
But I'd rather burn out bright and true
Than fade out slow in a waiting room
So kiss me quick under dying stars
Let the whole world see who we are
We're not scared of running out of time
We're only scared of never trying
Hook
We were never built to last
So we're burning twice as fast
Paper wings and gasoline
Chase the brightest thing we've seen
Let them bet against the odds
We'll be gone before the frost
Hold on tight, don't look back
We were never built to last
Never built, never built to last
Outro
So light the fuse, hold my hand
We were never part of the plan
Sodium lights fading to gold
We were never built to last
But god, we were built to hold on
