There's something honest after twelve When every window's finally dark Your name would light my screen at night With a link I'd understand Three minutes twenty-two seconds long No caption underneath Like somehow we were better off Letting melodies speak You never asked what I heard in them I never told you that I did We hid our words inside the songs Like they'd keep the secret hid So I'd hit play after midnight When the city settled down Turn the volume just enough To let your silence make a sound I always wondered if you knew What those late night messages became Just another song to you But never quite the same Now midnight comes without a buzz No unfamiliar melody The playlists keep on growing But they don't arrive from you to me Sometimes a chorus catches me One you'd probably recommend My thumb still hovers for a second Over someone I can't text again It's strange how habits leave behind A shape that never really goes Even quiet has a rhythm When it's one you used to know Maybe you've found someone else To send the songs that find you first Still every now and then at night A new release slips into view And for a heartbeat I forget It won't be coming from you Now I hit play after midnight Just because the hour knows The room is just as quiet now Only missing what it holds Maybe the songs were always songs Nothing more than passing through Still, some nights I swear the silence Sounds a little bit like you And every once in a while A track ends and so does the hope That I'd see your name again
