Afterglow Lyrics

We were drinking in the back of his Saab

Gin and juice and a shooting star

He undid my braid and said

"You look like sunshine"

I dashed to the shore and he lifted me up

Spinning me 'round, I soared through the sky

"We'll dance till the night gets old

But we won't" (we won't get old)

Don't bother me with your nonsense

I'm too busy with my babe

Riding tides, gypsy and wild

And when the sun rose up, I said

"Leave me here, in my Afterglow"

Now I know what the woe was for

This cost me all I knew

Now I have something real to lose

Oh no, don't knock at my door

The past is gone

I wanna stay in my Afterglow

Leave me here, in my Afterglow

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

We see gardens in the desert

We find light in dark, cracked places

Picture rainbows in Sun halos (he's my oasis)

We've made a home in Neverland

We joke about our rain-holed roof

'Cause we've learned that rage just makes you lose

And I cry for a joy that makes me scared

We're lighting up Times Square

And one day everything made sense

All the pain led to this place

So Elysian, we're bohemian

And when the sun rose up, I said

"Leave me here, in my Afterglow"

Now I know what the woe was for

This cost me all I knew

Now I have something real to lose

The past, all that it was

Is gone gone gone

So I've shielded my new world

Leave me here in my Afterglow

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

It's everglow

Everglow, everglow

I'll miss the bus to watch the passers-by

I won't go back to fight or flight

I'll keep my feet towards the sky

Singing around a campfire

All night, we lilt

We don't care who sees

A butterfly must've flapped its wings

And now I bathe in you, my serendipity

Oh, what a rush!

Love's gasoline

He healed my blues like an amethyst

Some robins chirp when he's with me

So release the thoughts that you've outgrown

Flood the unflawed, let things go

And float with me in the Afterglow

Oh oh oh oh

So warm, so worth fighting for

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Leave me here (leave me here)

With my baby

Oh oh oh oh oh

I gave up all I was

(Oh oh oh oh)

To be here in my Afterglow

[Okay bye]