Unapproved Lines

[Intro]
[Verse]
Midnight in the four-zero-five
Keeping all the dreams alive
Backpack full of Ironlak
Never looking over back
Rust-Oleum on the fingertips
Lying to my mom with the tightest lips
Underpass was our gallery
Working for a zero salary
[Pre-Chorus]
The 808s rumble in the dark
Waiting for a single spark
To light up the concrete wall
Before we had to take the fall
[Chorus]
Those unapproved lines
Were the brightest signs
Painting through the rain
To wash away the pain
Now I’m getting paid
For the ghosts we made
But nothing feels as real
As the chrome we used to steal
[Post-Chorus]
Yeah we stole the light
In the middle of the night
Just a ghost in the hall
Writing names on the wall
[Verse]
Remember Dave in the oversized hoodie?
Acting like a common goody-goody
Till the sirens cut the air in two
Man I never saw him move so blue
Tripped over a bucket of primer
Clumsy little social climber
We hid behind the dumpster for an hour
Feeling all that teenage power
[Break]
[Chorus]
Those unapproved lines
Were the brightest signs
Painting through the rain
To wash away the pain
Now I’m getting paid
For the ghosts we made
But nothing feels as real
As the chrome we used to steal
[Bridge]
From the bridge to the boardroom
From the dust to the boom
Every stroke was a lesson learned
Every bridge that we almost burned
Soft piano in the background noise
Just a couple of the city boys
[Verse]
Now my murals span ten floors
Opening all the heavy doors
But I miss the smell of the aerosol
Writing names upon the hall
Shared a sandwich and a silver can
Long before I was a man
It wasn't just a messy crime
It was how we captured time
[Chorus]
Those unapproved lines
Were the brightest signs
Painting through the rain
To wash away the pain
Now I’m getting paid
For the ghosts we made
But nothing feels as real
As the chrome we used to steal
[Post-Chorus]
Yeah we stole the light
In the middle of the night
Just a ghost in the hall
Writing names on the wall
[Outro]