[Verse 1]
Rooftop cigarette, city hum beneath my feet
Late bus streaking past, neon gutters on repeat
Vinyl on the dashboard, crackle like a secret code
You left your scarf in hallway light, a map of roads I know
My heartbeat hits the pavement, rhythm in a broken shoe
Quarter moon above the station, every doubt in technicolor blue
I trace the dent in the subway seat — that moment when I chose to move
A small rebellion, coffee stains and a skyscraper view
[Pre-Chorus 1]
I won’t let the night rehearse me, I rewrite the lines I used to fear
Turn the whisper into chorus, watch the skyline lean in clear
Each breath a little sharper, every step a neon stitch
I’m learning how to ladder up, escape the static of the glitch
[Chorus]
I’ll burn the dark — neon comet
Crash the hush — steal the moment
I’ll burn the dark — neon comet
Bring the light, turn it molten
[Verse 2]
Back-alley postcards, your laugh still hangs on a wire
Ticket stubs and midnight markets, burnt edges of a fire
I found your handwriting on a napkin, angles of a moonlit phrase
Kept it folded in my pocket like a relic from our days
Flash of a yellow cab, the rain tastes like old regret
But I dance on the crosswalk, trade the ache for alphabet
Mirror cracked, but I learned to smile through the lines
A radio plays our anthem, I reclaim the chorus this time
[Pre-Chorus 2]
I won’t let the echoes cage me — no — I bend the chord, then break it free
A hiccup and a higher note, watch how gravity agrees with me
Pulse climbs, words unspool, this tension is the tide
I tighten all the loose ends, then let the current be my guide
[Chorus]
I’ll burn the dark — neon comet
Crash the hush — steal the moment
I’ll burn the dark — neon comet
Bring the light, turn it molten
[Bridge — half-time, intimate]
There’s a scar behind my left knee, a map of when I almost stayed
I kept the photo of the shore, the one where laughter fades
I’m fragile in the hush now, admit the shapes that haunt my sleep
But I’ll fold those ghosts into a chorus, sing them into something I can keep
(soft) I miss the quiet mornings when we believed in simple things
(louder) But I’ll take my missing and refine it — make it gold, make it sing
[Build]
Hands up, skyline cracks, synth layers like a tide
Clap on two and four, heartbeat double-timed
We push the silence out, leave the small rooms far behind
[Final Chorus — big]
I’ll burn the dark — neon comet
Crash the hush — steal the moment
I’ll burn the dark — neon comet
Bring the light, turn it molten
(duet harmony) I’ll burn the dark — neon comet
(lead) Crash the hush — steal the moment
[Outro — ad-libs & tag]
Ne-on co-met, neon comet — oh
Steal the mo-ment, steal the mo-ment — whoa
I’ll burn the dark — neon comet (hold)
Bring the light, turn it molten (fade)
