Dial-Up Dreams and Neon Hearts

I rewind the tape in my head tonight

City lights flicker through the dashboard light

Your first name still haunts in the corners of my mouth

Like a blinding trace in a half-lit mouth

Under the stringy nook, it still knows my name

Every sad little spark still looks the same

We were glowing in the full screen light

Your heart spurred in the middle of the night

I can taste that summer like a ghost in the air

Bittersweet, the lights everywhere

I still chase the charm, I still miss the way

We burned so bright then we slipped away

I pass the diner where we used to meet

Neon rain on the windshield, soft and sweet

Your laugh comes back when the traffic slows

Like a song from time when it ran out

Now the miles fall and the sky goes deep

But your shadow still stirs when I try to sleep

Glowing in the full screen light

Your heart's over in the middle of the night

I can taste that summer like a ghost in the air

It has sweet memories everywhere

I still chase the shine, I still miss the way

We've been so bright and we slipped away

If I could come back the version of me

Riding with you through that endless city

I'd tell us both, don't let it fade

Keep one more spark of the life we made

We were glowing in the phone-stained light

Two small hearts under the streetlights white

Heavy old song sounds like a doorway now

To a love we lost in the light somehow

Still lives in the glow when the night slows down

In the washed-out blue of the sleeping town

We burned so bright

And we slipped away

But I still remember