Backseat Summer Nights

We were laughing in the dashboard glow

Windows down, let us see, let's go

MCDs and a half-lit sky

Every chorus felt like we could fly

The radio cracked like a sacred flame

He said, this time we'll never stay the same

And I felt the night lean into the ride

'Cause something real was starting inside

Oh, where were you?

In a summer that changed everything

Chasing the horizons like you could still make us sing

Now the mouths soft and the colors fade

But I still hold the spot that we made

In the new you, in the heat, in the afterglow

That was the summer I'll never let go

Map lights chasing the lines on your face

Late night gas station, cheap candy place

We sang out loud like nobody knew

The whole wide world was made for two

The morning came with a silver line

And the old dark road spots a little kind of by design

I tapped your name on the edge of the wind

Knowing I'd come back here again and again, oh

We were young in a summer that changed everything

Chasing the horizon like it could still make us sing

Now the miles are soft and the colors bud

But I still hold the spark that we made

In the rearview, in the heat

In the afterglow

That was the summer I'll never let go

Time turns gold into dust

Maybe all we had was enough for us

But every bird's eat, every sleepless smile

Still brings you back in a radio smile, oh

Lyrian in the summer that changed everything

Chasing the horizon like it could still mocha sing

Now the miles are soft and the colors sprayed

But I still hold the spark that we made

And if the years keep pulling me further along

I'll find you in the echo of our favorite snow

And I'll give you a note in the afterglow

That was the summer I'll never let go