Neon Dust

[Intro]
[Verse]
The lights are low
The games all slow
The power hums a song I know
A ghostly glow
Across the row
Where all the quiet shadows grow
[Pre-Chorus]
The carpet sticks beneath my shoes
I’m lost inside the neon blues
The air is thick and tastes like dust
In plastic dreams I put my trust
[Chorus]
A plastic ring
A golden thing
The magic that the tickets bring
I felt so tall
I had it all
Inside that hollow arcade hall
I felt so tall
I had it all
Before the world began to small
[Post-Chorus]
Static in the air
I was really there
I was really there
[Break]
[Verse]
A cherry stain
A sugar grain
Inside a cup of summer rain
The neon blue
Is cutting through
A version of me that was true
[Pre-Chorus]
I hear a bell from long ago
A melody I used to know
It echoes off the painted wall
Until I don’t feel real at all
[Chorus]
A plastic ring
A golden thing
The magic that the tickets bring
I felt so tall
I had it all
Inside that hollow arcade hall
I felt so tall
I had it all
Before the world began to small
[Bridge]
The bells don't ring like they used to do
The screen is fading out of view
I'm reaching for a hand to hold
Before the metal gets too cold
I’m waking up but staying still
I’ve had my heart and had my fill
[Verse]
The change machine is out of sight
It swallowed up my only light
I'm standing in the quiet space
I cannot find my younger face
The joystick tilts a little left
Of every single dream bereft
But in the hum I find a trace
Of a much more gentle place
[Chorus]
A plastic ring
A golden thing
The magic that the tickets bring
I felt so tall
I had it all
Inside that hollow arcade hall
I felt so tall
I had it all
Before the world began to small
[Post-Chorus]
Static in the air
I was really there
I was really there
[Outro]