Summer stuck to my skin like a borrowed sin
Radio prayers and a soft nicotine grin
You said my name like you knew how it ends
Highway humming, we were younger then
Your shadow dancing on a motel wall
I swore I’d leave, but I stayed through it all
There’s a sun sinking low in your eye tonight
Burning holes in the things I hide
All the colors run when you say goodbye
Red, blue, gold — bleeding into white
I loved you slow, I loved you blind
Under a cruel California sky
Cherry-stained lips and a heart on delay
You talked about God like He moved to L.A.
I painted forever in cheap perfume
But forever faded by the end of June
You promised heaven, you handed me heat
Now I’m barefoot dancing with broken dreams
There’s a sun sinking low in your eye tonight
Melting truth into lullabies
All the colors run when you cross that line
Neon sins in the back of my mind
I loved you deep, I loved you wild
Like a hymn sung soft, then denied
If loving you was a beautiful lie
I’d tell it again just to feel alive
Blue in my veins, gold in my hair
Say you don’t care, say it like a prayer
The sun goes down, but I stay the same
Tracing your face in the windowpane
All the colors fade, but I still try
To see myself through your eye