Run Until the Red Lights End

#RunUntilTheRedLightsEnd #80sRock #Afterlight #NightDrive This is the fastest and most restless side of Afterlight. Run Until the Red Lights End trades the slow ballad feel for pulsing synth bass, punchy gated drums, rhythmic electric guitar, and a driving chorus about escaping a suffocating life with the one person who makes you feel alive. Lyrics: [Verse 1] You called me from a payphone near the mall Said, "If you're coming, come before I fall" I grabbed my jacket, didn't lock the door I knew exactly what you meant it for You jumped inside before the light turned green Laughing like we'd broken from a dream The whole town disappeared behind the glass And neither one of us looked back [Pre-Chorus] Every signal said stop But our hearts said go [Chorus] Run until the red lights end Drive until we're strangers again Leave every sign, every name Every reason we became afraid Run until the red lights end Don't ask where the highway bends If all we have is gasoline and midnight Then tonight, that's enough to begin [Verse 2] The radio was louder than our fear Your hand was changing stations next to me Streetlights became lines across your face And every mile put distance in their place We didn't need a map or somewhere planned Just empty road and your hand in my hand I knew the morning might destroy the dream But nothing ever felt this clean [Pre-Chorus] Every mile said stay gone So we kept moving on [Chorus] Run until the red lights end Drive until we're strangers again Leave every sign, every name Every reason we became afraid Run until the red lights end Don't ask where the highway bends If all we have is gasoline and midnight Then tonight, that's enough to begin [Bridge] Maybe freedom isn't somewhere Maybe freedom is the speed Of leaving everything behind Before it tells you what you need [Guitar Solo] (A short, aggressive 80s guitar solo with palm-muted rhythm underneath, fast melodic runs, pinch harmonics, punchy gated drums and a sudden synth break before the final chorus.) [Final Chorus] Run until the red lights end Drive until the old life ends Let every town disappear Let every doubt get smaller in the mirror Run until the red lights end This time we don't have to pretend If sunrise finds us somewhere without a name We'll finally know we changed [Outro] Keep driving... Don't slow down... Red lights behind us... No turning around...