[Intro - softly spoken] “Just one line.” That’s yodel-ay said. Then you closed the door on Friday. (Soft, lonesome accordion swell) [Verse 1] City lights in coffee gone cold Your sign-off-lee-ay after five We called it safe when the screen went green Then your yodel-ay-faded Saturday, movie-lee-ay pause Two glasses waiting, side by side My phone lay facedown, buzzing again I slipped away and let love sleep [Pre-Chorus - yodel notes swelling on the text] At first, I thought I’d read it wrong Then your name-ay-up again What you left behind on Friday Was calling me by name— Ho-lay-dee-oo-di-lay-dee-oo! [Chorus - full belt, soaring high-alpine yodel delivery] Midnight deploy! Ooo-la-dee-ti! Yodel-ay off, it comes after me! One small change unravels my night The whole town sleeps I’m still caught here! Midnight deploy! Ooo-la-dee-ti! Don’t tell me it’s only-ay-line It’s not just code I wanna rewind That night for two I left behind Give it back-lee-ay Hol-la-dee-oo-di-lay-dee-oo-di-lay-dee-oo! [Post-Chorus - rhythmic yodeling echoes] After me, after me (Yo-de-lay-ee) Calling me again After me, after me (Yo-de-lay-ee) Till the morning comes [Verse 2] Past midnight, the cache expired A sleeping path came back to life Requests timed out and tried again The queue grew yodel-ay-lee time Two seventeen, I roll my sleeves Trace Friday’s changes,ay-lee-oh The code rolls back, the data stays A short “Got it” lights the screen [Pre-Chorus - clear high tones] Who pushed it live can wait till dawn Right now, these yodel-ay-ho fall I slow the flow and catch my breath Your “It’ll be fine” comes back again— Ho-lay-dee-oo-di-lay-dee-oo! [Chorus - maximum energy, wide stereo echo] Midnight deploy! Ooo-la-dee-ti! You log off, it comes after me! One small change unravels my night The whole town sleeps I’m still caught here! Midnight deploy! Ooo-la-dee-ti! Don’t tell me it’s only one line It’s not just code I wanna rewind That night for two I left behind Give it back to me! [Bridge - dry voice and Rhodes, shifting into a lonely yodel air] One restart, and the room falls quiet Still can’t send the all-clear Forty minutes back, it felt this way The silence keeps me here I typed the words to blame you Then erased them, one by one Come morning, sit beside me See what I watched alone... Yo-de-lay-ee... [Brief Yodeling Break - slow, melancholic bloom over the Rhodes piano] Yo-de-lay-dee-ho-de-lay-dee-yo-de-lay-dee-hoo... [Final Chorus - wider, not louder, soaring vocal climax] Midnight deploy! Ooo-la-dee-ti! You log off, it comes after me! One by one, replies come through Someone out there Wakes to a working screen Midnight deploy! Ooo-la-dee-ti! Don’t tell me it’s only one line The logs don’t show what this night took Before you smile and say, “All good” Stay awake with me! [Post-Chorus - drums fading, soft acoustic echo] After me, after me (Yo-de-lay-ee) Just a little longer After me, after me (Yo-de-lay-ee) Daylight at the window [Outro - fragile, intimate, fading whisper-yodel] Two untouched glasses in the sink I slip back into cold sheets Yo-de-lay... ee... …Good night.
