I take the long way home
Past chrome and candy glass
Billboards blink my name
On the side of passing cabs
Your hair caught in the wind
Like a flag on a rooftop rail
We were young enough to run
Old enough to never fail
And the skyline leans
Like it knows our plan
Every window gold
Every pulse in my hand
Rise up, chrome parade
Rise up, chrome parade
We’re the kids they made
In a future made of haze
Rise up, chrome parade
Rise up, chrome parade
Hold me in the glow
Don’t let the moment fade
Arcades by the pier
Spit coins and broken rings
Your laugh across the crowd
Cutting through the static strings
I found you by the train
Where the mirror doors slid wide
You said, “we’re built for more”
Then you smiled and stepped inside
And the skyline leans
Like it knows our plan
Every window gold
Every pulse in my hand
Rise up, chrome parade
Rise up, chrome parade
We’re the kids they made
In a future made of haze
Rise up, chrome parade
Rise up, chrome parade
Hold me in the glow
Don’t let the moment fade
Tape hiss, then the room
Turns slow like spinning rain
We were sparks in a frame
Then we lit it up again
Rise up, chrome parade
Rise up, chrome parade
We’re the kids they made
In a future made of haze
Rise up, chrome parade
Rise up, chrome parade
Hold me in the glow
Don’t let the moment fade