Nightshift Hearts

MPB Productions

Carcosa

MPB Productions

indie rock, post-punk, alternative

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[Intro]
One heart flickers in a blackout room
One heart squints against a too bright noon

[Chorus]
Nightshift hearts, awake in different dreams
You chase the quiet, I drown in TV screens
We share a language but not the same scene
Talking in echoes across the in-between
Nightshift hearts, out of phase and far
You are the sunrise, I am the late bar

[Verse 1]
You keep your feelings folded in drawers
Neatly in stacks behind closed doors
I wear mine loud like a thrift store coat
Buttons mismatched, seams coming unsewn
You fall in love with the things you don’t say
I fall apart in a public way
Every confession I send your phone
Arrives at midnight in your dial tone

[Verse 2]
You walk through crowds like a quiet street
Eyes looking past every face you meet
I read the sky for a secret sign
You read the fine print, I read the lines
You measure days by the tasks complete
I count the hours by who I could not reach
We orbit close but we never touch
Gravity soft, timing too much

[Pre Chorus]
If I move closer, you turn down the light
If you speak softer, I sharpen my lines
Two different clocks in the same small frame
Ticking in opposite spells of the same day

[Instrumental Break]
[guitar and bass motif echoing “nightshift hearts” rhythm]

[Spoken Bridge]
(Soft, over a loop)
You say you never meant to stay this guarded
I say I never learned to sleep on time
We stand in the doorway of the same feeling
But your key does not fit my lock
And my name does not fit your mouth

[Outro]
One light flickers, one light is withdrawn
Somewhere between us the day moves on

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[Intro] One heart flickers in a blackout room One heart squints against a too bright noon [Chorus] Nightshift hearts, awake in different dreams You chase the quiet, I drown in TV screens We share a language but not the same scene Talking in echoes across the in-between Nightshift hearts, out of phase and far You are the sunrise, I am the late bar [Verse 1] You keep your feelings folded in drawers Neatly in stacks behind closed doors I wear mine loud like a thrift store coat Buttons mismatched, seams coming unsewn You fall in love with the things you don’t say I fall apart in a public way Every confession I send your phone Arrives at midnight in your dial tone [Verse 2] You walk through crowds like a quiet street Eyes looking past every face you meet I read the sky for a secret sign You read the fine print, I read the lines You measure days by the tasks complete I count the hours by who I could not reach We orbit close but we never touch Gravity soft, timing too much [Pre Chorus] If I move closer, you turn down the light If you speak softer, I sharpen my lines Two different clocks in the same small frame Ticking in opposite spells of the same day [Chorus] Nightshift hearts, awake in different dreams You chase the quiet, I drown in TV screens We share a language but not the same scene Talking in echoes across the in-between Nightshift hearts, out of phase and far You are the sunrise, I am the late bar [Instrumental Break] [guitar and bass motif echoing “nightshift hearts” rhythm] [Spoken Bridge] (Soft, over a loop) You say you never meant to stay this guarded I say I never learned to sleep on time We stand in the doorway of the same feeling But your key does not fit my lock And my name does not fit your mouth [Chorus] Nightshift hearts, awake in different dreams You chase the quiet, I drown in TV screens We share a language but not the same scene Talking in echoes across the in-between Nightshift hearts, out of phase and far You are the sunrise, I am the late bar [Outro] One light flickers, one light is withdrawn Somewhere between us the day moves on

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