[Intro] Two in the morning... City still awake Funny how the loudest rooms Can make you feel the most alone [Verse 1] Neon on the glass, city moving slow Everybody looks alive, nobody lets it show I got a phone full of names, but who could I call? When the room gets quiet, I don't know at all Champagne on ice, but my heart feels cold Everybody wants the story, nobody wants the soul They see the photographs, they don't see the nights When I stare at the ceiling trying to make things right I learned how to smile when I'm barely okay Learned how to say "I'm good" in a hundred different ways Success got a strange way of changing your view The more people know you, the less they know you [Pre-Chorus] When the music fades And the lights turn low That's when I hear Everything I don't show [Hook] After hours, I feel it all When the lights go down, there's nowhere to hide After hours, I hear my thoughts Everybody's gone, and I'm still outside [Verse 2] I used to think the money would silence the pain Thought a bigger house would make me feel safe But you can't buy back what you gave away And you can't outrun memories you carry every day There was someone who believed before the crowd did Saw the man underneath before the applause did I was too busy chasing everything I wanted Didn't see what I had till the moment it was gone Now every late night feels like a question Was I building a life or just building a reflection? Everybody says I'm lucky, maybe they're right But nobody asks what it cost me to sleep at night [Pre-Chorus] When the music fades And the lights turn low That's when I hear Everything I don't show [Hook] After hours, I feel it all When the lights go down, there's nowhere to hide After hours, I hear my thoughts Everybody's gone, and I'm still outside [Verse 3] Maybe peace ain't found in another destination Maybe healing starts with an honest conversation Maybe being strong doesn't mean never breaking Maybe real love is the risk worth taking So tonight I put the phone face down Let the city keep spinning while I slow it down No cameras, no crowd, no reason to pretend Just me and the truth I've been avoiding again And if tomorrow comes with another long night I'll remember that being lost doesn't mean you're out of sight Sometimes you gotta sit with the silence alone Just to finally hear the voice you buried below [Bridge] I don't need another million I don't need another room I just need somebody Who can see me without the costume [Final Hook] After hours, I feel it all When the lights go down, there's nowhere to hide After hours, I hear my thoughts Everybody's gone, and I'm still outside [Outro] Two in the morning... Maybe tomorrow I'll finally go home.
