Sunshine Turns to Smoke

Lyrics

Verse 1
Mornings taste like tangerine
Coffee laughs up out the cup
You spin circles in my kitchen
Sock feet
Both of us lit up

You draw faces in the steam
On the window
On my heart
We’re late
We’re loud
We’re careless
Calling this mess modern art (oh yeah)

Chorus
We were running through the sunshine
Hands up
Mouths wide
Can’t choke the joy
Every sidewalk felt like sky
Every cheap song felt like noise we’d own
We were golden
We were golden
Didn’t think the light could fold in

Verse 2
Afternoons in crowded bars
Sharing fries and stupid fears
You said
“Nothing really scares me
If I’ve got you right here”

Pre-Chorus
Funny how a promise
Fits perfect in the spring
Like a jacket that you’re sure
You’ll always want to wear

Chorus
We were running through the sunshine
Hands up
Mouths wide
Can’t choke the joy
Every sidewalk felt like sky
Every cheap song felt like noise we’d own
We were golden
We were golden
Didn’t think the light could fold in

Bridge
[Music shifts darker
Drums slow
Guitars distort]
Then the summer burned too bright
Little cracks along the frame
You stopped dancing in the kitchen
Started saying you were “fine” again

Conversations turned to ash
Short replies and longer nights
I learned silence has a flavor
Metal mouth and sour spite (oh)

Verse 3
Now the mornings taste like dust
Same cup
Coffee’s going cold
Your jacket hangs there by the door
Like a story never told

You draw circles on your screen
Thumbs scrolling through the dark
I talk to your empty pillow
Like it’s still holding your heart

Chorus
We were running through the sunshine
Now the daylight makes me choke
Every sidewalk feels too wide
Every joke we had hangs like a ghost
We were golden
We were golden
Watch it flicker into smoke

Outro
We were golden
Say it softer
We were golden
Now it’s gone