Tangerine Fire Escape

[Intro]
[Verse]
Peeling back the neon rind
Leaving all the noise behind
Sticky sweetness on my thumb
Listen to the city hum
Dragonflies with glass wings
Tangled in the laundry strings
Terracotta tiles are warm
Waiting for the honey storm
[Pre-Chorus]
The heat is a heavy veil
Tracing out a silver trail
Across the rusty garden gate
We can afford to wait
[Chorus]
Time is melting like warm wax
Slipping through the iron cracks
Lotus soft and star-dappled
With the magic we have grappled
Everything is turning gold
In the stories never told
[Post-Chorus]
Spinning in the Leslie swirl
Watch the microtonal curl
Rising from the sitar string
How the rooftop angels sing
[Verse]
Coriander in the pot
Growing in this tiny plot
Shadows stretch like long legs
Scrambling the cosmic eggs
Iridescent blue and green
Prettiest thing I've ever seen
Reverse the tape and let it play
Wash the heavy world away
[Pre-Chorus]
Mercury is in the shade
Watch the vivid colors fade
Into a soft electric glow
Nowhere left for us to go
[Chorus]
Time is melting like warm wax
Slipping through the iron cracks
Lotus soft and star-dappled
With the magic we have grappled
Everything is turning gold
In the stories never told
[Bridge]
Sun-warmed layers in my hair
Floating on the hazy air
Kanjira rhythm in my veins
Dissolving all the sugar stains
The fire escape begins to bloom
Inside this kaleidoscopic room
[Solo]
[Chorus]
Time is melting like warm wax
Slipping through the iron cracks
Lotus soft and star-dappled
With the magic we have grappled
Everything is turning gold
In the stories never told
[Hook]
It’s unplanned magic
Nothing is tragic
In the tangerine light
Before the deep night
[Outro]