Static and Neon

Verse 1

Neon rain on the avenue

Streetlights humming like an old machine

I keep the cassette in my pocket still

Counting the static where you used to be

Pre-Chorus

And the city never sleeps alone

But I drift inside a faded tone

Chorus

Take me back to the tape deck nights

Where the echoes felt so warm

Hold the needle till the morning light

Sing me back before the storm

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Before the storm

Verse 2

Your perfume lingers on the sleeve

Of a jacket I refuse to mend

Every station plays a hollow song

Of a lover I can't comprehend

Pre-Chorus

And the rhythm fades to grey

But your voice still finds its way

Chorus

Take me back to the tape deck nights

Where the echoes felt so warm

Hold the needle till the morning light

Sing me back before the storm

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Before the storm

Bridge

Slow fires burn the afterglow

I keep turning what we used to know

Lonely street and a crackling prayer

Wishing static wished me there

Chorus

Take me back to the tape deck nights

Where the echoes felt so warm

Hold the needle till the morning light

Sing me back before the storm

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh

Before the storm