[Verse 1] I need a summer, the sun inside my eyes before September's here The good things start to die I need the seasons of the year Changing right before me in your backyard So give me a flame, something a lot of fire Behind my knee, I wanna hope inside my brain Something big enough to fit the world in [Chorus] I don't wanna be walking backward I just wanna wake up inside The light years are turning on The light years are turning on [Verse 2] This is not distance, this is not scientific town This not about the night stars in the northern sky
That hang above your head, that hang above your bed This is a call to keep them simple I know that's hard to do, the days will only get us heavy As we ask them too, we can break, we can bruise We can laugh, we can lose it all [Chorus] I don't wanna be walking backward I just wanna wake up inside The light years are turning on The light years are turning on Oooh I don't wanna be walking backward I just wanna wake up inside The light years are turning on The light years are turning on The light years are turning on tonight