[Verse 1]
Cardboard ship in the backyard sea
Old white sneakers
Grass-stain green
We drew maps in marker on our arms
Swore we'd never grow apart
Plastic crowns
Juice box toast
We were legends on the dead-end road
Every crack in the pavement
Lava
Every mailbox
Secret saga
[Chorus]
Pixel kids forever
Stuck in my head
8-bit summers that I can't reset
Laughing ‘til we cried
Never asking why
I miss that stupid fearless sky
Pixel kids forever
Frozen in time
Goldfish prizes and firefly light
It lifts me up
Then wrecks me in the end
I wanna learn to breathe like that again
[Verse 2]
Bike chain singing in the hot July
Skinned both knees
Said “I can't die”
We built forts from crooked sheets and chairs
Guarded them like millionaires
Thunder came
We counted slow
You said “Three
We’re safe
” like you knew
I believed every word you made up
Now I fact-check every bit of love
[Chorus]
Pixel kids forever
Stuck in my head
8-bit summers that I can't reset
Laughing ‘til we cried
Never asking why
I miss that stupid fearless sky
Pixel kids forever
Frozen in time
Goldfish prizes and firefly light
It lifts me up
Then wrecks me in the end
I wanna learn to breathe like that again
[Bridge]
Did we know
Those tiny days
Would be the code
We can't replay?
All grown up
In chrome and glass
Still chasing
That cul-de-sac
[Chorus]
Pixel kids forever
Stuck in my head
8-bit summers that I can't reset
Laughing ‘til we cried
Never asking why
I miss that stupid fearless sky
Pixel kids forever
Hurting so sweet
Candy on my tongue
Gravel in my teeth
It lifts me up
Then breaks me all the same
I wanna feel that nothing-special rain