[Verse 1] The diner clock says one-fifteen Your jacket on my passenger seat Cheap cologne and a cracked cassette You laughed like you still meant it We drove past the sign with the flickering face Past the parking lot and the car wash gate Your hand on the glass, my hand on the wheel Like we could outrun the thing we feel [Pre-Chorus] And I still hear That radio hiss When the whole town slept We were hard to miss [Chorus] Hold on to me tonight Hold on to me tonight We were burning through the dark With our names inside the light Hold on to me tonight Hold on to me tonight (hold on) We were young and loud and brave (hold on) Before the night gave way [Verse 2] Now I pass that road in the winter rain Same empty lot, different stain Your old song comes through a busted door And I’m right back where I was before The coffee went cold in a paper cup You said “stay a little,” then you gave it up I keep your laugh in the way the glass Vibrates when the trucks roll past [Pre-Chorus] And I still see Your face in the dash Like a little white ghost In the summer flash [Chorus] Hold on to me tonight Hold on to me tonight We were burning through the dark With our names inside the light Hold on to me tonight Hold on to me tonight (hold on) We were young and loud and brave (hold on) Before the night gave way [Bridge] Maybe the road just bends Maybe nothing ever ends But I know your shadow well In every burned-out motel If the whole world washed away I’d still know the shape you made When the sky went soft and blue And I was standing next to you [Final Chorus] Hold on to me tonight Hold on to me tonight We were burning through the dark With our names inside the light Hold on to me tonight Hold on to me tonight (hold on) We were young and loud and brave (hold on) Before the night gave way [Outro] Hold on to me Hold on to me (hold on) Hold on to me (hold on) Hold on to me