NEON LIES

Tonight...
Sleep never came.
So I walked...
Into the neon.

I'm tired again—
Not from work,
But from the noise inside.
My body sank into the couch
Like an anchor in the sand.
The room remembered every silence.
The ceiling knew my shape by heart.
So I left before the darkness
Could pull me back apart.

The streets keep glowing.
The city's wide awake.
A thousand lights—
Yet no one
Sees your face.
Neon lies...
Neon lies...

Hey bartender...
Pour another round.
There's someone
Drinking loneliness
Across the room.
We're two islands
In a sea of neon lies.
Let's burn this night
Like cheap gasoline
Before the morning comes.
Neon lies...
Don't let go...

Burn this night...
Burn this night...
Burn this night...
Like cheap gasoline...
Gasoline...
Gasoline...

She smiled first.
Almost apologizing.
"My husband left."
I answered,
"My wife did too."
No pity.
No advice.
Just two strangers
Recognizing
The same silence.
For one night,
Neither of us
Had to pretend
We were okay.

No promises.
No forever.
No tomorrow
To explain.
Only this moment
Still alive.
Stay...
Just tonight...

Hey bartender...
One more round
Before we go.
We don't need forever.
Just one night
That feels like home.
We're two islands
In a sea of neon lies.
Let's burn this night
Like cheap gasoline
Before the morning comes.

Outside...
The sunrise
Bruises
Morning skies.
We leave
Without exchanging names.
Maybe
Some people
Only meet
To remind each other
That lonely
Doesn't always mean
Alone.

The city wakes.
The music fades.
The glasses empty.
The silence stays.
But something
Inside us
Changed.

Hey bartender...
Here's to everyone
Still searching.
Here's to every heart
That almost
Stopped believing.
We're still breathing.
We're still here.
Maybe
That's enough
To start again.
We're two islands
In a sea of neon lies.
Tonight
We found
One honest moment
In a city
Full of borrowed light.

Another ghost
Walks through the neon.
Another soul
Finds morning light.
Maybe tomorrow
We'll forget
Each other's names.
But we'll remember
How one night
Made the world
Feel human again.
Neon lies...
Neon lies...

Sometimes...
You don't meet
The love
Of your life.
Sometimes...
You simply meet
The person
Who reminds you...
You're still alive.