420 Afterglow

Neon lights are glowing,

midnight in the air A little secret number floating everywhere

Four-two-zero, what does it mean?

A code, a moment,

a culture, a dream

Four-twenty started as a time of day

A group of friends with a ritual to play

The story traces back to California days Teenage friends and a code

with a curious phase 4:20 became the number they would say Then

cannabis culture carried it away

Now every April twentieth on the calendar screen 420 has become a

worldwide scene

Is it a time?

Is it a date?

A little number with a history to relate From underground slang

to a recognised sign

420 means something different depending on your mind

420,

420,

under glowing skies

420,

420, where the culture comes alive

420,

420, four-twenty is the name

A time, a date,

a symbol — but it doesn't mean the same

420,

420, let the synthesiser glow

Four-twenty means cannabis culture,

everybody knows

420,

420,

cruising through the night

A number turned to language underneath the street lights Some say it's

4:20, the famous time of day A slang expression that travelled far

away

Others know April twentieth,

4/20 on the page It can mean the plant,

the culture, the scene A symbol recognised across the world on screens

It isn't some secret scientific code And it doesn't automatically tell you

what someone does

It's cultural slang with a complicated past A little piece of language

that's managed to last From California stories to global celebration 420 became

a symbol through cultural transmission

Four in the morning?

No, that's not the clue

Twenty minutes past four is one meaning too So when you see

those numbers glowing bright

You might hear cannabis culture in the phrase tonight

420,

420, under glowing skies 420,

420, where the culture comes alive

420,

420, four-twenty is the name

A time, a date,

a symbol — but it doesn't mean the same

420,

420, let the synthwave flow

Four-twenty became a cannabis culture code we know

420,

420,

fading with the light

A little piece of modern slang in an 80s night Four… two…

zero…

420. A number became a symbol.