Neon Scripture

City prays in the glow, I read the lines you left,

Ink of neon, heartbeat theft.

We wrote promises on storefront glass,

Confessions in reflections as the hours pass.

You blessed my sins with a crooked smile,

Now I worship midnight for a little while.

Streetlight sacraments, your shadow swore,

Saints of broken promises on every corner.

I held your sermon like it healed my shame,

But holy words come hollow when you change the name.

I kept the verses in my coat, close to the bone,

Humming like a hymn when I walk alone.

You said forever — it sounded like a prayer,

But prayers burn out without someone there.

Write my name in the neon scripture,

Say I’m yours, then let the lights flicker.

We pray to the night and we drink to the fires,

I keep your ghost in these small desires.

(Write my name — write my name) — Neon scripture.

Say my name, watch the city glow — (echo: neon, neon)

Your promises taste like a cigarette,

A bright bright burn that I can’t forget.

We traded truth for gloss and shade,

Golden halos rust in the deals we made.

I learned to read the light between lies,

To find my pulse where the skyline dies.

You wanted heaven, I wanted home,

Now I build altars out of things I own.

If love’s a scripture, I misread the page,

I chased an altar through a haunted age.

Now I sing softer, but I sing my name,

Neon baptized — I don’t do shame.

Write my name in the neon scripture,

Say I’m yours, then let the lights flicker.

We pray to the night and we drink to the fires,

I keep your ghost in these small desires.

(Write my name — write my name) — Neon scripture.

City prays in the glow…

Say my name… neon… scripture…