red disco

[chorus 1]

A boy in sequins starts a fight

Under fluorescent lights

Drops like a shooting star on contact

Cheap flash immortality

Caught collapsing photogenically

Knocked the fuck out to applause

Bad decisions shot cinematically

Every conversation sounds profound

When the bass can drown it out

A beautiful lack of concentration

All style, no survival instinct

Loud, overdressed, and chemically optimistic

Nobody here is built for moderation

The room would reject it on principle

[Pre-Chorus]

Everybody wants a night worth surviving

But nobody’s ready for the ride home

We’re leaving parts of ourselves behind

Somewhere between euphoria and damage

Chorus

Are you in or are you out

(Don’t go careful on us now)

Are you in or are you out

(Don’t kill the momentum now)

Hands up, lights down

Are you in or are you out

Don’t look around

If you’re waiting for permission

You’re already too late now

[Verse 2]

There’s no skeletons in our closet

Turned all our dirty secrets into anecdotes

The room keeps turning shame into entertainment

Nobody even pretends to be embarrassed now

We’re those kind of kids

Who mistake self-destruction for charisma

Bad habits for personalities

Treat repetition like something new

Like every terrible decision

Could become a breakthrough…

But we’re horrible people

Trying to justify all the damage

That we do, (that we do)

[BRIDGE]

I romanticize

every low in my life

make a story out of strife

just to feel more alive

I say I don’t care

but i'm painfully aware

of the light, of the glare

of the weight of a stare

I should have better sense,

but I’ve always liked suspense.

I keep giving bad decisions

just enough intelligence

to survive the night

[Pre-Chorus]

Everybody wants a night worth surviving

But nobody’s ready for the ride home

We’re leaving parts of ourselves behind

Somewhere between euphoria and damage

Chorus

Are you in or are you out

(Don’t go careful on us now)

Are you in or are you out

(Don’t kill the momentum now)

Hands up, lights down

Are you in or are you out

Don’t look around

If you’re waiting for permission

You’re already too late now