[Verse 1: Male] We traced the streets where shadows played, With paper crowns in hands that frayed, Bruised knees in shoes that never stayed, A runaway parade. [Verse 1: Female] Smoke in our lungs and dreams on fire, We danced through dusk, a lost empire, Fading echoes, sharp and dire, A runaway parade. [Pre-Chorus: Both] Hold on tight, the night’s a thread, Pull it loose, the colors spread— [Chorus: Both] Paper crowns and bruised knees, Running wild with broken keys, Whispers caught on midnight trees, Our runaway parade. Hold me close or let me free, This fragile pulse beneath the breeze, Haunted by what used to be, Our runaway parade. [Verse 2: Male] The streetlights flicker, cold and slow, Pages torn from long ago, Silent words we’ll never show, A runaway parade. [Verse 2: Female] Your voice, a ghost beneath the rain, Carved in the cracks, a quiet pain, Memories that still remain, A runaway parade. [Pre-Chorus: Both] Hold on tight, the night’s a thread, Pull it loose, the colors spread— [Chorus: Both] Paper crowns and bruised knees, Running wild with broken keys, Whispers caught on midnight trees, Our runaway parade. Hold me close or let me free, This fragile pulse beneath the breeze, Haunted by what used to be, Our runaway parade. [Bridge: Female lead, Male harmonizing softly] Flicker, flicker, candlelight, Falling stars in endless flight, Every step, a borrowed fight, Caught between the dark and bright. [Chorus: Both] Paper crowns and bruised knees, Running wild with broken keys, Whispers caught on midnight trees, Our runaway parade. Hold me close or let me free, This fragile pulse beneath the breeze, Haunted by what used to be, Our runaway parade. [Outro: Male, fading with female harmonies] Runaway, runaway... Paper crowns and bruised knees... Our runaway parade.