After Midnight | c0nflict

Track: After Midnight Artist: c0nflict Genre: Pop / R&B Soul BPM: 104 Lyrics: [Intro — Whispered] Don't turn the lights on. I like you better when I can't see What this is doing to me. Come a little closer. You know I won't ask you to stay. [Verse 1] Lock the door, let the whole world disappear, You know all my weaknesses, you keep them near. I'm nobody's angel underneath your spell, You know me better than I know myself. Tell nobody how you look at me, Like I'm something you could love but never keep. You wear your innocence so beautifully, While I wear the blame for what you do to me. You know my coffee, know the songs I hate, Know I check the clock when you're running late. But you don't know what I almost said that night, When you fell asleep and held me tight. [Pre-Chorus] You hold me like you're scared I'll get to know you, Like seeing the real you means I'll have to go. You give me just enough to make me need you, Then leave me with a feeling only you could know. [Chorus] You only love me after midnight, When your loneliness looks just like mine. When there's nothing left to say, Nowhere left to hide, You pull me close enough to call it love tonight. We don't gotta call it love, no, We don't gotta make it last. I just wanna be the one you want When the shadows bring you back. You don't have to call me yours, Just don't make me replaceable. I can live without forever, But this almost-love is breaking me. [Post-Chorus] After midnight, I'm your alibi, In the morning, just another goodbye. Say you need me, make me believe, Then leave me with a stranger's memory. Oh, after midnight, after midnight, You know exactly what I need. You give me everything but honesty, And somehow that's enough for me. [Verse 2] You say I'm different when we're alone, Like I'm the only place you've felt at home. But when the sunlight finds its way inside, You become someone with somewhere else to hide. I wonder if you do this with somebody new, Give away the little things I thought belonged to you. It's a selfish question, I know, For someone who keeps saying they can let you go. You kiss me like you're trying to forget, I touch your face like you might regret Every almost, every promise left unsaid, Every morning you leave my side of the bed. I remember everything, every little thing, The way you say my name, the words you never mean. You know every silence in my room, But I still don't know the part of you you never show. [Pre-Chorus] You hold me like you're scared I'll get to know you, Like being truly seen is more than you can survive. You let me touch your body, never let me touch the truth, And I mistake your closeness for a place inside your life. [Chorus] You only love me after midnight, When your loneliness looks just like mine. When there's nothing left to say, Nowhere left to hide, You pull me close enough to call it love tonight. We don't gotta call it love, no, We don't gotta make it last. I just wanna be the one you want When the shadows bring you back. You don't have to call me yours, Just don't make me replaceable. I can live without forever, But this almost-love is breaking me. [Bridge — Stripped Back] Tell me, do you love me, Or the way I never ask for more? Do you miss me when I'm gone, Or just knowing there's an open door? Am I someone you could die for, Or just someone you can hold? I've made a home out of your half-truths, Built a heaven out of doubt. I keep calling this devotion When it's fear that keeps me around. And maybe that's the secret Neither one of us will tell: You don't have to chain me to you When I've learned to lock myself in. [Breakdown — Whispered] Don't turn the lights on. I know what I'll see. Someone who needs you, And someone who needs to leave. Tell me to stay. I'll call it destiny. Tell me the truth... And you might lose me. [Final Chorus] You only loved me after midnight, When your loneliness looked just like mine. I was everything you needed Till the morning drew the line. You could hold me like a secret, You could kiss away the truth, But I was giving you my whole life Just to have a part of you. We don't gotta call it love, no, We don't gotta make it last. I can't keep being someone That you only want in the dark. You don't have to call me yours, I just wanted to be known. There's a difference between being wanted And not having to sleep alone. [Outro — Fading Vocals] Don't turn the lights on... I thought that meant You wanted me closer. Now I think You just didn't want me To see you. After midnight... I'm yours. In the morning... I'm someone you knew.