[Verse 1] You only call when the city goes quiet When the bars let out and the streetlights flicker Your name lights up like a warning sign And I still answer every single time You show up smelling like rain and smoke That crooked grin like some private joke Say, “I shouldn’t stay,” while you step inside Funny how you never mean goodbye [Pre-Hook] We’re good at keeping distance Until the whole world falls asleep Then every rule we made Gets a little harder to keep [Hook] Everything changes after midnight You stop pretending you don’t want me Hands get honest in the low light And suddenly you’re right where you wanna be After midnight Your walls come down You say my name like nobody’s around Maybe we’re trouble Maybe we’re right But you always love me A little more after midnight [Verse 2] Morning makes you careful again Back to jokes and calling me “friend” Like I imagined the way you stayed Like your head never fell against my shoulder that way But I know the boy beneath the act The one who whispers things he can’t take back You can hide him when the sun comes through But after dark, he always tells the truth [Pre-Hook] You say you’re scared of meaning it Like meaning it makes us weak But every time the clock turns twelve You give me everything you couldn’t speak [Hook] Everything changes after midnight You stop pretending you don’t want me Hands get honest in the low light And suddenly you’re right where you wanna be After midnight Your walls come down You say my name like nobody’s around Maybe we’re trouble Maybe we’re right But you always love me A little more after midnight [Bridge] I don’t wanna be The secret you only keep at night I don’t wanna disappear Every time the morning gets too bright If you can hold me in the darkness You can hold my hand outside Because loving me at 2 a.m. Shouldn’t mean losing me by sunrise [Breakdown] One a.m. You’re at my door Two a.m. You’re wanting more Three a.m. You say, “Don’t go” So tell me why By morning You don’t know [Final Hook] Everything changes after midnight But I’m done living only in the dark If you really want me in your life Then love me where everybody is After midnight No more hiding out No more saying things you’ll take back when the sun comes out Maybe we’re reckless Maybe we’re right But if you only love me After midnight Then baby That ain’t enough this time [Outro] 12:01 Your name lights up I stare at the screen And let it ring.
