Lyric

[Verse 1]
Sticky floor
Neon score
Name on the high list, chasing more
Quarter on the bezel, I call next
Heart on the counter, small and wrecked

[Pre-Chorus]
Screen burns blue on my face
Pixel planets, endless space
Outside fades into a hum
Inside, I just press start and run

[Chorus]
1980's retro games
Save me from my small-town days
Blasting ghosts and jumping flames
I lose my life, then play again
8-bit dreams and wired-up brains
We were kids with borrowed change
If I could stay inside that frame
I'd spend my whole life
Feeding retro games (hey!)

[Verse 2]
Summer heat
Plastic seat
Friend on my left keeps tapping feet
Boss on the last bar, I'm so close
One more hit, then there it goes

[Pre-Chorus]
Ticket rain in paper strips
Cherry sugar on our lips
Every level felt so tall
Every continue felt like all

[Chorus]
1980's retro games
Save me from my small-town days
Blasting ghosts and jumping flames
I lose my life, then play again
8-bit dreams and wired-up brains
We were kids with borrowed change
If I could stay inside that frame
I'd spend my whole life
Feeding retro games

[Bridge]
Now my hands are bigger, bills to pay
But I still see that title screen some days
Freeze-frame glow in a dusty room
All my futures inside that bloom

[Chorus]
1980's retro games
Save me from these grown-up days
Blasting ghosts and jumping flames
I lose my life, then play again
8-bit dreams in grown-up veins
Still that kid with borrowed change
If I could stay inside that frame
I'd spend my whole life
Feeding retro games (oh yeah)