Verse
Paper lanterns drifting off the rooftop ledge,
Your hand finds mine right at the city's edge,
Neon rivers running down the avenue,
One look up and I forget which way is true.
Pre-Chorus
Floor tilts sideways when you smile like that,
Is it the lights or is it just you, spinning me back?
Hold my waist before I hit the ground,
Something's pulling me, I can't turn it down.
Chorus
I'm caught in a lantern vertigo,
Falling up where the fireflies glow,
Head over heart, I let it go,
Spinning in a lantern vertigo.
Lantern vertigo, lantern vertigo,
Falling for you slow.
Verse
Rooftop speakers humming static gold,
You spin me twice, my heartbeat loses hold,
Sky lanterns rising, tangled in your hair,
I'm floating somewhere between here and there.
Pre-Chorus
Floor tilts sideways when you smile like that,
Is it the lights or is it just you, spinning me back?
Hold my waist before I hit the ground,
Something's pulling me, I can't turn it down.
Chorus
I'm caught in a lantern vertigo,
Falling up where the fireflies glow,
Head over heart, I let it go,
Spinning in a lantern vertigo.
Lantern vertigo, lantern vertigo,
Falling for you slow.
Bridge
Maybe I don't need the ground,
Maybe dizzy's just the sound
Of two hearts learning how to fly,
Lanterns scattered 'cross the sky.
Catch me if the moment breaks,
I'm not scared of how much this shakes.
Chorus
I'm caught in a lantern vertigo,
Falling up where the fireflies glow,
Head over heart, I let it go,
Spinning in a lantern vertigo.
Lantern vertigo, lantern vertigo,
Falling for you,
Falling for you slow.