Verse
Boardwalk lights and a busted speaker
Salt on my skin, engine running weaker
Nineteen and reckless, curfew's a myth
Sparklers dying in the parking lift
Cherry slush melting down your wrist
Neon sign says the night still exists
Windows down, we're chasing the heat
Every streetlight's a burning beat
Pre-Chorus
Can you feel the summer holding
Can you feel it start to fold in
This is midnight, this is golden
Don't you dare let this stop unfolding
Chorus
We're the afterglow signal, burning past dark
Two hearts flashing like a runaway spark
Nineteen forever in a backseat spin
This is the summer we let the light win
We're the afterglow signal, loud and alive
Chasing the heat till the stars arrive
We're the afterglow signal tonight
Verse
Ferris wheel spinning, ticket stub torn
Fireflies rising where the field is worn
Boombox crackling, static and gold
Nobody's tired, nobody's old
Gravel road humming under bare feet
Radio static turns into a beat
Popsicle drips down onto the sand
Your fingers still tangled up in my hand
Pre-Chorus
Can you feel the summer holding
Can you feel it start to fold in
This is midnight, this is golden
Don't you dare let this stop unfolding
Chorus
We're the afterglow signal, burning past dark
Two hearts flashing like a runaway spark
Nineteen forever in a backseat spin
This is the summer we let the light win
We're the afterglow signal, loud and alive
Chasing the heat till the stars arrive
We're the afterglow signal tonight
Bridge
Someday we'll be older, chasing other skies
But right now the whole world's just headlights and fireflies
So hold up your phone light, let it burn like a flare
We were here, we were here, we were here
Chorus
We're the afterglow signal, burning past dark
Two hearts flashing like a runaway spark
Nineteen forever in a backseat spin
This is the summer we let the light win
We're the afterglow signal, loud and alive
Chasing the heat till the stars arrive
We're the afterglow signal tonight
