[Verse 1]
Midnight calls on an empty line
Streetlights flicker like warning signs
Engine hums
Heart beats fast
Running from the shadows of the past
[Pre-Chorus]
Every second feels longer than the last
White lines blur
But I can’t drive from the past
Hands on the wheel
But I’m losing control
Breathing in the dark
Waiting for it to explode
[Chorus]
After the glow
When the fire dies down and the room runs cold
Will you still stay
When the colors fade out and the truth feels old
After the glow
When the ashes are all that we hold
Are we letting go
Or learning how to love in the afterglow
[Verse 2]
Empty cup on the dashboard shakes
Radio low
But my heartbeat breaks
Your name hangs like smoke in my lungs
Every mile pulls tight on my tongue
[Pre-Chorus]
Every second feels longer than the last
Rearview mirror full of what we had
Eyes on the road
But I’m drifting again
Chasing every what-if
Every almost
Every then
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register] Say you’ll meet me
Halfway between the hurt and the hope
In the quiet
In the questions
Where the words catch in your throat
[whispered vocals] If we lose it all tonight
Can we find ourselves in the afterlight
[Chorus]