15 Minutes

You were 15 minutes late
On the night of our first date
When you called me, said "I'm backed up on the 118, not sure how long this will take"
So I had 15 minutes to think
About the kind of songs you'd sing
If you were alone on the 118 with nothing to do but wait

Maybe it's or
Or maybe you're a rebel yelling out
Is it or or or all of the above
But when I saw you walk through that door
Of that old back street record store
I was thinking maybe this would be the night I would fall in love

You said "sorry I'm a mess tonight
Lately I've just had a war to fight
But for tonight let's let that fade away"
And maybe it was just the look in your eyes
Or maybe it was just a trick of the light
But I could tell that we were both thinking
"Okay, this is going to sound insane but"

Tell me if the lights went out would you break these chains and break for the outside
We'll run until our legs give out just to make sure we're still alive
Can you hear the melodies in the sirens calling out for the first time
Just take my hand and tell me have you ever felt so alive

In the friday evening light
There was a magic in your eyes
As we drowned the hours in the audio, listening to records that we couldn't afford
We talked about our favourite bands
And how we're both in love with
And talked about the lives that we've been living and the friends we never see anymore

And as we stood at the water's edge
And watched the sky fall above our heads
You lit a match and let it light the way
And as the harbour filled with stars
I was falling into your arms
So could we stay like this for a while
And you said "god I thought you'd never ask"

Tell me if the lights went out would you break these chains and break for the outside
We'll run until our legs give out just to make sure we're still alive
Can you hear the melodies in the sirens calling out for the first time
Just take my hand and tell me have you ever felt so alive

Even if we crash and burn
Let's be a story for us to tell
Let's get lost, let's make every wrong turn
Let's take a photo every risk we take
A collection of all our best mistakes

Tell me if the lights went out would you break these chains and break for the outside
We'll run until our legs give out just to make sure we're still alive
Can you hear the melodies in the sirens calling out for the first time
Just take my hand and tell me have you ever felt so alive
Have you ever felt so alive
Cause every moment there's a way to escape
Chasing the sun like we're 15 minutes late