Neon Tongue

Flickering sign on the corner hums,

Cheap perfume and a cigarette lung,

You talk like static,

Sweet but problematic —

I’m just trying not to come undone.

Ashtray eyes and a bitter grin,

You light me up just to watch me spin,

In the glow of the barroom sin,

I swear I’ve been here before again.

You wear your heartbreak like a leather coat,

Cold eyes, but the fire still smokes.

(Chorus)

You got that neon tongue,

Dripping lies, tasting young,

I’m addicted to the buzz,

To the way you twist the knife just for fun.

Yeah, you got that neon tongue.

Late-night sermon from a bathroom stall,

Preachin’ truth till the last call,

You say you’re over it,

But I don’t buy it —

You’re still dancing on the downfall.

Cheap tequila and a crooked smile,

You said, “Stay a minute, stay a while,”

But you only speak in broken vows,

And I still can’t tune you out.

You’re a ghost in my speakerphone,

Static love, but I can’t let go.

You got that neon tongue,

Dripping lies, tasting young,

I’m addicted to the buzz,

To the way you twist the knife just for fun.

Yeah, you got that neon tongue.

Oh, you burn through the night like cheap gasoline,

Every word’s a spark — it’s obscene.

You say I’m chasing ghosts in the smoke machine,

But you’re the one that haunts the in-between.

(Sparse drums, bass fuzz, whispered vocal ad-libs like “yeah / come on / neon tongue”)

Sunday morning in a stranger’s bed,

You’re still humming in my head,

All your echoes painted red,

Can’t forget what you never said.

The city sleeps but your echo runs,

Right through my veins like a loaded gun.

You got that neon tongue,

Dripping lies, tasting young,

You lit me up, now I’m coming undone,

Can’t get enough — can’t outrun,

Yeah, you got that neon tongue.

(Yeah, you got that neon tongue...)

Just humming in the static...

Till the night comes undone.