Intro (Club announcement distorted through speakers.) "The bar will be closing soon." Nobody believed them. --- Verse 1 The lights came on briefly. Everyone looked terrified. Like someone had discovered What we actually looked like. The DJ apologized. The bartender sighed. Someone shouted, "One more song." Someone always does. --- Pre-Chorus Coats on chairs. Phones on floors. Nobody remembers Whose is yours. --- Chorus Nobody goes home at midnight. That's just something people say. Like "I'll only have one drink" Or "I'll leave after this DJ." Nobody goes home at midnight. Nobody wants to be the first. Everybody waits for someone else To admit they're tired first. --- Verse 2 Lucy lost her jacket. Found someone else's. It looked expensive. So she kept it. A guy called Mark Was explaining cryptocurrency To a plant in the corner. The plant seemed interested. More than we were. --- Pre-Chorus The taxi app. The empty street. The promise that We'll get some sleep. --- Chorus Nobody goes home at midnight. The city keeps the lights on. Everyone is temporarily Someone they can rely on. Nobody goes home at midnight. The night keeps changing names. Every hour after two AM Feels slightly less explainable. --- Instrumental Break (Deep synth bass takes over. Guitars shimmer. Electronic drums build slowly while crowd noise becomes part of the rhythm.) --- Verse 3 At 3:45 The conversation improved. Nobody knew why. Nobody had anything Important left to say. Someone ordered champagne. Someone ordered fries. The waiter looked at us Like he'd seen this Every night. --- Bridge Maybe we're not partying. Maybe we're avoiding The moment When the music stops. --- Final Chorus Nobody goes home at midnight. We keep waiting for the end. But the end keeps getting delayed By another song again. Nobody goes home at midnight. The sunrise knows our names. We'll all pretend tomorrow That we don't remember The same. --- Outro (Synth fades. Distant footsteps on pavement.) The club is empty. The street is quiet. Someone says: "After-party?" ... Everyone says yes.
