[Intro — club bleed through wall, muffled bass, cigarette lighter click] [Spoken voice — close mic] They say nothing good happens after midnight. [Short laugh] That's kind of the point. [Door slam → band enters] [Verse 1] I know the bouncer by his first name He stopped asking if I'm alright There's a girl smoking by the doorway Wearing somebody else's goodbye I tell myself I'm only staying Until the room begins to spin But every time I swear I'm leaving Somebody pulls me back again [Pre-Chorus] Turn it up I don't wanna hear myself tonight [Tape stop] [Megaphone vocal] Louder. [Chorus — explosive] Midnight Avenue Swallow me whole Give me a reason Not to go home Cheap perfume Black tattoos Everybody's running From something they knew Midnight Avenue Don't let me think Give me another hour Another drink If I stay moving Maybe I won't feel you [Backing scream] MIDNIGHT AVENUE! [Verse 2] There's a bathroom mirror cracked Right through the middle of my face I look better in pieces Anyway Somebody asks who broke my heart I tell them, “Nobody did” [Glitch cut] [Telephone filter] That's becoming my favorite lie. [Drums return] I dance with strangers I won't remember Trade fake names like cigarettes Everybody here is temporary That's why I like them best [Pre-Chorus] Turn it up If I'm shouting I can't hear my head [Feedback] [Distant voice] Louder... [Chorus] Midnight Avenue Swallow me whole Give me a reason Not to go home Cheap perfume Black tattoos Everybody's running From something they knew Midnight Avenue Don't let me think Give me another hour Another drink If I stay moving Maybe I won't feel you [Instrumental break — frantic guitar, distorted bass] [Bridge — spoken over half-time drums] Here's to bad decisions. [Glass clink] To people whose names I will absolutely forget. [Scratch] To pretending three in the morning is a personality. [Short laugh] And to every person in this room who said they're doing fine. [Music cuts] [Crowd ambience] Liars. [Breakdown] DRINK! DANCE! DON'T THINK! [Backing scream] DON'T THINK! MOVE! BREATHE! DON'T LEAVE! [Megaphone vocal] DON'T MAKE ME GO HOME! [Tape stop — silence] [Quiet vocal] Because home is where I remember. [Reverse swell → Final Chorus] [Final Chorus — huge, desperate] Midnight Avenue You know my name I've come here so often It's starting to feel safe Cheap perfume Same tattoos Everybody's running But there's nowhere to move Midnight Avenue It's almost dawn [Band begins stripping away] You kept me distracted But you couldn't keep me gone And now there's no one left To drown you out [Everything stops] [Outro — empty venue ambience, chairs moving] [Bartender, distant] We're closing. [Pause] [Male voice] Yeah. I know. [Door opens] [Cold exterior ambience] [Very quiet] Shit.
