Afterglow Forever

(Instrumental Solo) We traced constellations on the car hood Salt air tangled in your faded hoodie The sun dipped low, painting pink and gold You said this moment’s gonna outlive the old Time slowed down to a lazy crawl We didn’t care where the night would fall Just held on tight to the fading glow Wishing the dark would never show This afterglow forever Burning bright when the world goes cold Your laugh still echoes in the amber light We’re frozen in this perfect hold This afterglow forever A secret we’ll never let go No matter how the years may come and go We’ll keep this light aglow (Instrumental Solo) We left our footprints in the wet sand Collected seashells that we’ll never hand To anyone else, they’re just broken glass To us, they’re the map of our last chance The tide rolled in to wash our tracks away But we carved our names where the waves can’t play Held each other till the first star shone Prayed the dawn would take its time to come This afterglow forever Burning bright when the world goes cold Your smile still hangs in the amber light We’re frozen in this perfect hold This afterglow forever A secret we’ll never let go No matter how the years may come and go We’ll keep this light aglow I still smell your coconut shampoo Still hear your voice when the wind blows through The old oak tree where we carved our names Some things never lose their flame (Instrumental Solo) [Final Chorus – full orchestral swell, maximum vocal harmony] This afterglow forever Burning bright when the world goes cold Our love still lives in the amber light We’re frozen in this perfect hold This afterglow forever A secret we’ll never let go No matter how the years may come and go We’ll keep this light aglow The sun may set but our light stays Afterglow forever, always