Sidewalk heat is a neon hum Cracking the asphalt like a broken drum I shed my coat in the midday glare There’s electric honey dripping through the air No umbrellas here, just the open gaze Of a golden hammer in a sapphire haze Oh, sunshine, you’re a jagged grin Cutting through the shadow where I’ve been You’re a brass-knuckle gospel, a blinding spree Burning the dullness right out of me Yeah, you’re wild, you’re yellow, you’re a holy mess Unfolding the city in blinding excess Storefront glass is a mirror of knives Reflecting the frantic pulse of our lives The gutters are singing in a minor key But the sky is a riot, wild and free I’m sweating out the doubts, the cynical grime Trading my ghost for a piece of prime time Run, run through the shafts of light Until the pavement feels like flight The shade is a liar, a coward’s retreat But I’m worshiping hard in the belly of the heat Oh, sunshine, you’re a jagged grin Cutting through the shadow where I’ve been You’re a brass-knuckle gospel, a blinding spree Burning the dullness right out of me Yeah, you’re wild, you’re yellow, you’re a holy mess Unfolding the city in blinding excess Keep it burning, you beautiful thief Turning the marrow to gold leaf Yeah, burn it all down Bright, bright, blindingly bright.