Midnight

(Verse 1)

Streetlights flicker like they’re half-asleep

Sneakers on the dashboard, music way too deep

Windows down, summer stuck to our skin

Laughing so hard we forget where we’ve been

Gas tank’s flirting with empty, who cares?

We’re rich in bad ideas and cheap beers

(Pre-Chorus)

Clock on the radio says it’s late

But late’s just a word grown-ups made

(Chorus)

We’re staying out ‘til 3 a.m., maybe four, maybe never coming in

Gravel roads and broken plans, middle fingers to the man

Getting lost like it’s a game, writing curses in the flames

Of a fire we swore would never die

We’re too dumb to say goodbye

Tonight we’re never growing up

3 a.m. forever, never growing up

(Verse 2)

Cops roll by slow, we kill the lights

Hide in the cornfield, hearts beating like punk-rock fights

Somebody’s yelling from the rooftop again

Truth or dare with the laws of men

Your dad’s gonna kill you, my mom’s gonna cry

But right now we’re immortal and way too high

(Pre-Chorus)

Time keeps trying to drag us home

But home’s wherever we roam

(Chorus)

We’re staying out ‘til 3 a.m., maybe four, maybe never coming in

Gravel roads and broken plans, middle fingers to the man

Getting lost like it’s a game, writing curses in the flames

Of a fire we swore would never die

We’re too dumb to say goodbye

Tonight we’re never growing up

3 a.m. forever, never growing up

(Bridge)

One day we’ll wake up with bills and regret

Kids and a job and a life in debt

But tonight the world can wait its turn

We’ve got matches left to burn

(Final Chorus – louder, messier)

Scream it out ‘til 3 a.m., maybe five, maybe we’re too alive

Gravel in our veins, trouble in our blood, swear we’ll never fall in love

With tomorrow and its chains

Let it crash like thunder rain

We were kings of nowhere town

Never coming down

Tonight we’re never growing up

3 a.m. forever

Yeah, we meant it when we said it

Never growing up

(Outro – half-whispered over fading guitar)

See you at the dead-end sign

Same time tomorrow night

We’ll still be seventeen…

…at 3 a.m.