Summer Sirens in the Rearview (Version 2)

Verse

Neon signs blur on the highway

Your hand through my window, summer's a thief

Sixteen years and I'm already gone

Chasing ghosts we named before they left

Radio static with your voice on repeat

Windows down like we're chasing something real

Every town line turns to just a memory

Fastest car I ever owned wasn't fast enough for me

Pre-Chorus

So hold the wheel tighter, keep the pedal down

I can feel it slipping but I'm not gonna let go now

Chorus

Summer sirens in the rearview

Wheels on fire and my heart's still blue

Every mile feels like forever ending soon

But I won't look back till I've seen what we become

Verse 2

Fog off the lake where we drove all night

Your laugh cutting through like a firework igniting

Old photograph of us with our thumbs up high

Six months later everything's just a memory

Streetlights blur into one long line

Freedom tastes like gasoline and mine

Every goodbye feels like it's stealing time

So I'm driving straight into the light

Pre-Chorus

So hold the wheel tighter, keep the pedal down

I can feel it slipping but I'm not gonna let go now

Chorus

Summer sirens in the rearview

Wheels on fire and my heart's still blue

Every mile feels like forever ending soon

But I won't look back till I've seen what we become

Bridge

Maybe leaving means you're really living

That this whole town was just a bridge to something bigger

I'll miss the porch light, the sound of it switching on

But I'm not gonna let a little small-town sorrow drag me home

Chorus

Summer sirens in the rearview

Wheels on fire and my heart's still blue

Every mile feels like forever ending soon

But I won't look back till I've seen what we become

Outro

Gas tank's empty, headlights cut to white

Still I'm not stopping at this exit tonight