[Intro]
BPM 120 — four-on-the-floor, glitter fallout (instrumental: disco guitar chop, gated synth, slap bass)
[Verse 1]
Step into the light — chrome soles hit the tile,
Strobe carves your grin, a neon freckle, a midnight smile.
Synth-bass in my ribs, it keeps a steady fight,
Mirrorball throws sparks like meteorite.
[Pre-Chorus]
Every step ignites a tiny comet trail,
Lost in a mixtape whisper, a tape deck holy grail.
Platform heel prints, gum and glitter in a line,
Tonight the city's heartbeat syncs with yours and mine.
[Chorus]
Neon ball, we burn the night,
Spin the cassette, catch the light.
Chrome shoes slide — a fractured flash of gold,
Neon ball, we burn the night (short, repeatable hook).
[Verse 2]
You slid me that cassette — the J-card scrawled with laughs,
A lipstick crescent on the case, coffee stain, and autograph.
A spilled gin mirror catches strobe in jagged bits,
Your laugh rewinds the room; the DJ scratches where it fits.
[Pre-Chorus]
Every tiny motion sparks the air to bloom,
Lost inside the loop, Side A hums into the gloom.
Rewind the stolen beat, tape hiss like a sigh,
Our names penciled on the label, the needle never lies.
[Chorus — Variation]
Neon ball, we burn the night — (hold close, hold tight)
Spin the cassette, dare the light — (say my name tonight)
Chrome shoes slide — a fractured flash of gold,
Neon ball, we burn the night — louder, twice as bold.
[Call & Response / Ad-lib] (after 2nd chorus)
Lead: Tell me your name —
Crowd: Tell me your name!
Lead: Say it again —
Crowd: Say it again!
(Ad-libs: ooh—ooh, yeah—yeah, come on—come on / harmonize on "name")
[Bridge — The Confession]
(Everything drops: soft pad, lone synth melody)
I kept your tape when the morning stole the floor,
Wrapped in a postcard skyline, tucked behind my door.
On Track Four you whisper things we never said aloud —
I press play in the dark and promise not to drown.
[Build]
(Drums return, guitar chops punch, synth stabs climb)
From that small confession the whole room ignites,
Stacked harmonies lift, mirrorball fractures into lights.
[Final Chorus — Full Band, Big Harmonies]
Neon ball, we burn the night,
Spin the cassette, catch the light.
Chrome shoes slide — spill the strobe into our veins,
Neon ball, we burn the night — keep the tape, keep the flame.
[Outro]
Disco breath and cassette ghosts, footprints on the floor,
Lipstick moons and locket flashes — keep me wanting more.
Spin with me until the sun slices open city lines,
Neon ball forever — the encore rewinds.
[Performance Notes]
- Genre: Disco / 80s Synthpop production notes (gated reverb on snare, slap bass, bright arpeggiated synths).
- Strong, short chorus hook: "Neon ball, we burn the night" — repeatable and singable.
- Stacked female harmonies on the hook and final chorus; lead vocal with slight grit for emotional edge.
- Second chorus includes a parenthetical ad-lib for variation before the bridge.
- Bridge is a reveal/confession (kept the mixtape) to justify emotional lift into the final chorus.
- Tight syll
