[Verse 1]
Found a tape, unlabeled, behind the shelf
The player swallows it like medicine
The tracking lines crawl up like cathedral vines
And through the static, there... the sky begins to fall
[Verse 2]
Green ribbons melt through purple, gold dissolves to blue
Aurora borealis, tape from eighty-two
My father held the camera — I can hear him breathe
He whispered something, but the magnets ate the speech
[Pre-Chorus]
Every color bleeds and every border breaks
Beauty doesn't care what format that it takes
[Chorus]
VHS Aurora, light that won't behave
Burning through the dark, a beautiful mistake
VHS Aurora, fading on the tape
The realest thing I've seen was never meant to stay
[Trumpet Solo]
[Bridge]
My father's dead, the tape is wearing thin
But every time I press play he breathes again
The tracking lines cut right across his sky
But damaged things hold light that we can't deny
[Final Chorus]
VHS Aurora, light that won't behave
Burning through the dark, a beautiful mistake
VHS Aurora, fading on the tape
The realest thing I've seen was never meant to stay
[Outro]
Never meant to stay...
Never meant to stay...