NOTHING ON TONIGHT [Intro — distant traffic, vinyl crackle, filtered keys] Yeah... Friday night. Whole city's alive. Funny how it still feels dead. [Verse 1] Ain't got nobody to call right now No plans, no place, no way out Phone on the bed, face down Whole damn city but nobody around Could get dressed, but where would I go? Same old streets, same cold glow Uber outside, but I don't know Who I'm meant to meet when I'm riding solo No dinner booked No table for two No "where you at?" No "I'm coming through" Used to have somewhere Now I've got a room And too much silence And thoughts of you You said I moved slow But I still got it done Guess I wasn't fast enough For the one that I loved Now I'm staring at the ceiling Like, what the fuck happened? One minute future Next minute static [Pre-Chorus] And I don't even need you back tonight I just need this shit to make some sense How you go from being my whole life To silence on the other end? [Chorus] Nothing on tonight Nothing on tonight No one hitting my line Nothing on tonight Whole city's got a light But mine don't feel right Everybody's somewhere I'm nowhere tonight Nothing on tonight Nothing on tonight No place I wanna be If you ain't in my life And I hate that I miss you I hate that it's true Got a whole Friday night And nothing to do [Post-Chorus — melodic, low voice] Nothing... Nothing... Nothing on tonight Nothing... Nothing... Since you left my life [Verse 2] Could hit the city, maybe grab one drink Sit at the bar, try not to think Watch everybody laughing with somebody While I'm sinking further in the seat Maybe I'd dance Maybe I'd leave Maybe some stranger smiles at me But I don't want another body I want the version of life I thought we'd be That's the fucked-up part I didn't just lose you I lost where I thought I was heading too Lost old chances Chasing something new Now you're gone And they're gone too Feel like a pawn on a chessboard, sacrificed Didn't know the move till I paid the price Maybe I'm wrong Maybe that's my mind Trying to give meaning to a goodbye That never came No final talk No proper end Just quiet where you used to exist And I'm getting better in my head But my heart's getting harder instead [Pre-Chorus] And I don't even need you back tonight I just need this shit to make some sense How you go from saying "future" to Acting like we never happened? [Chorus] Nothing on tonight Nothing on tonight No one hitting my line Nothing on tonight Whole city's got a light But mine don't feel right Everybody's somewhere I'm nowhere tonight Nothing on tonight Nothing on tonight No place I wanna be If you ain't in my life And I hate that I miss you I hate that it's true Got a whole Friday night And nothing to do [Bridge — beat strips back, nearly spoken] Maybe I don't miss you Maybe I miss having somewhere to go Someone waiting Someone asking where I am Someone who gave a fuck Whether I got home Maybe I miss the future More than I miss the past Maybe I'm just finding out How fucking quiet love gets When it doesn't last [Beat Return] Yeah. That's the part nobody tells you. [Final Chorus — bigger bass, stacked vocals] Nothing on tonight Nothing on tonight No one hitting my line Nothing on tonight Sydney glowing outside I'm still killing time Everybody's somewhere I'm nowhere tonight Nothing on tonight Nothing on tonight Maybe tomorrow I'll be alright But tonight I fucking miss you And that's just the truth Got the whole damn city... And nothing to do [Outro — tape wobble, rain ambience] Nothing on tonight... No goodbye... Just quiet. Just quiet.
