[Intro: vinyl crackle, soulful electric guitar, jazzy Rhodes chords] [Spoken, low, close-mic] Two AM. Phone's still lit. [Verse 1: laid-back, lyrical, steady pocket] Knew a wild one, never slept, always moving Pockets full of promises, hands full of losing Hustled white lines, chased the glow of a screen Pickup at midnight, ghost by the morning Laughed so loud you couldn't hear the warning Two sets of keys, two names, two faces One for the daylight, one for the dark places Told me "I'm good" with his eyes on the floor Neighbor down the road shouts SHUT THE FUCK UP! Dead battery grin, knocking on every door [Pre-Chorus: bassline walks up, guitar bends] Every night a different bed Every morning, ringing in his head Something had to break, something had to give Something had to learn how to live [Chorus: doubled vocals, chant-like, guitar hook enters] Two AM! (Two AM!) Who you gonna be when the lights go out? Dualistic! (Dualistic!) Half of you drowning, half of you shouting Two AM! (Two AM!) Sun come up and the truth come out Dualistic! (Dualistic!) Which one walks out? Which one walks out? [Verse 2: reflective, more intricate flow] Then he vanished, no calls, no signal Month in the desert, silence like a ritual Sand in his shoes, sky too big to lie to No dealer, no screen, just a man and the view Heat in the day, cold cuts at night Talked to himself till the voice sounded right Been a long time coming, now the debt is paid Burned the old number, kept the lesson he made Dunes don't flatter, dunes don't care Stripped him to the bone, left the real man there [Pre-Chorus: drums drop to kick and rim, guitar sustains] Every night a different bed Now the stars are all that's overhead Something had to break, something had to give Now he's learning how to live [Chorus: full band, soulful guitar lead, doubled vocals] Two AM! (Two AM!) Who you gonna be when the lights go out? Dualistic! (Dualistic!) Half of you drowning, half of you shouting Two AM! (Two AM!) Sun come up and the truth come out Dualistic! (Dualistic!) Which one walks out? Which one walks out? [Bridge: drums out, bass, Rhodes and clean guitar only, spoken-sung] I don't need the man you were I don't need the man you're not Just the one who made it out Just the one the desert taught [Final Chorus: key lift to G minor, guitar solo fills between lines] Two AM! (Two AM!) Same hour, different man now Dualistic! (Dualistic!) Both of you here, and you know how Two AM! (Two AM!) Sun came up and you stayed out Dualistic! (Dualistic!) This one walks out! This one walks out! [Outro: guitar alone over vinyl crackle, bass fades] [Spoken, low] Two AM. Phone's off. [End]
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