Midnight Deploy

[Intro - softly spoken] “Just one line.” That’s what you said. Then you closed the door on Friday. [Verse 1] City lights in coffee gone cold Your sign-off came just after five We called it safe when the screen went green Then your icon faded gray Saturday, a movie on pause Two glasses waiting, side by side My phone lay facedown, buzzing again I slipped away and let love sleep [Pre-Chorus] At first, I thought I’d read it wrong Then your name came up again What you left behind on Friday Was calling me by name [Chorus] Midnight deploy You log off, it comes after me One small change unravels my night The whole town sleeps I’m still caught here Midnight deploy Don’t tell me it’s only one line It’s not just code I wanna rewind That night for two I left behind Give it back to me [Post-Chorus] After me, after me Calling me again After me, after me Till the morning comes [Verse 2] Past midnight, the cache expired A sleeping path came back to life Requests timed out and tried again The queue grew longer every time Two seventeen, I roll my sleeves Trace Friday’s changes, line by line The code rolls back, the data stays A short “Got it” lights the screen [Pre-Chorus] Who pushed it live can wait till dawn Right now, these numbers have to fall I slow the flow and catch my breath Your “It’ll be fine” comes back again [Chorus] Midnight deploy You log off, it comes after me One small change unravels my night The whole town sleeps I’m still caught here Midnight deploy Don’t tell me it’s only one line It’s not just code I wanna rewind That night for two I left behind Give it back to me [Bridge - dry voice and Rhodes] One restart, and the room falls quiet Still can’t send the all-clear Forty minutes back, it felt this way The silence keeps me here I typed the words to blame you Then erased them, one by one Come morning, sit beside me See what I watched alone [Brief Rhodes Solo] [Final Chorus - wider, not louder] Midnight deploy You log off, it comes after me One by one, replies come through Someone out there Wakes to a working screen Midnight deploy Don’t tell me it’s only one line The logs don’t show what this night took Before you smile and say, “All good” Stay awake with me [Post-Chorus - drums fading] After me, after me Just a little longer After me, after me Daylight at the window [Outro - fragile, intimate] Two untouched glasses in the sink I slip back into cold sheets …Good night.