[Intro – Soft Haze, Guitar + Synth Swell] Streetlights blur like satellite trails, Head out the window, chasing fairy-tale fails. City hum’s a cheap little radio halo, But I'm already halfway to the next tornado. [Verse 1] Cheap motel coffee in a plastic cup, Eyes bloodshot from never growin' up. There's a billboard moon over exit 9, Promising a heaven for a monthly fine. All my friends are scrollin' through a highlight reel, Editing the edges off the shit they feel. I'm just in the backseat, shoes on the dash, Tryna turn my panic into rocket fuel and ash. [Pre-Chorus] I've been stuck in the glow of the same old signs, Afraid if I leave I'll get lost in the lines. But every crack in the pavement spells my name— “Kid, you're not broken, you're built for escape.” [Chorus – Dreamy Falsetto Lift] I'm a comet kid halo, burnin' out slow, Skippin' off the atmosphere of everything I know. If the world feels small and the night feels fake, I'll light up the sky just to watch it break. I'm a stardust dropout with a busted halo, Driftin' through the static of the late-night radio. If I never fit in on this borrowed ground, I'll learn to be the orbit, not the lost and found. [Verse 2] There's a gas station choir singin' fluorescent blues, Clerks clock out, but the ghosts refuse. Neon Jesus in the window says “We're open late,” Selling holy water in a Styrofoam crate. You said, "Don't be scared of your own new skin, Every fracture line is where the light gets in." So I paint my doubts in ultraviolet chrome, Turn this nowhere road to my cathedral dome. [Pre-Chorus – Stronger, More Urgent] I've been tracing the loops in my run-down brain, Orbiting the same tired, old complaints. But every bruise on my heart is a launchpad scar— Proof that I was born to overshoot this star. [Chorus – Bigger, Harmony Stacked] I'm a comet kid halo, burnin' out slow, Skippin' off the atmosphere of everything I know. If the world feels small and the night feels fake, I'll light up the sky just to watch it break. I'm a stardust dropout with a busted halo, Driftin' through the static of the late-night radio. If I never fit in on this borrowed ground, I'll learn to be the orbit, not the lost and found. [Bridge – Hazy Falsetto + Spoken Echo] (falsetto, soft) Let the sirens fade, let the skyline bend, Let the future come late, I don't need the end. (spoken, distant) If I fall apart in a shower of light, At least I went out like a star does—bright. (falsetto, building) Yeah, I'm scared as hell but I won't go home, I'd rather be lost than live on loan. [Final Chorus – Explosive, Shoegaze Wall] I'm a comet kid halo, burnin' out slow, Skippin' off the atmosphere of everything I know. If the world feels small and the night feels fake, I'll light up the sky just to watch it break. I'm a stardust dropout with a busted halo, Cuttin' through the noise like a cosmic tornado. If I never fit in on this borrowed ground, I'll learn to be the orbit… *(last line, falsetto, almost a whisper)* …not the one who's tied down. [Outro – Fading Guitar Echo, Synth Swell]
