[Intro — taxi ambience, distant city, soft female voice] Female: Still awake? Male: Yeah... Female: Good. Taxi engine fades into the beat. [Verse 1 — Male] City lights are passing by Neon shadows in your eyes Neither one of us says a word But somehow everything is heard Meter running, midnight rain Your reflection in the windowpane I should ask where this night ends But I don't want to know just yet [Female — soft, teasing] Don't look away... We're almost there... [Pre-Chorus — Both] Male: I thought I'd leave before the night... Female: But you stayed... Male: I thought I'd draw the line... Female: But you stayed... Both: Now the whole world disappears And we're still here... [CHORUS — BIG, MELODIC] Both: After hours... When the lights go down After hours... We don't need the crowd Female: Stay a little longer... Male: I don't wanna go... Both: After hours... Let the whole world disappear After hours... We're still here... [Verse 2 — Hotel hallway / deeper groove] Female: Elevator climbing slow Neither asking where we go Golden numbers, quiet floor Footsteps echo by the door Male: Funny how the night can change Everything I thought I'd say Now the silence says enough And I don't need to make it up Female — whispered/reverbed: You stayed... Male: I stayed. [Breakdown — beat almost disappears] Female: No music... Male: No crowd... Female: No reason... Male: To leave now... Both, softly: After hours... Long vocal echo. Female: Still here? Male: Still here. [FINAL DROP — HUGE BASS] Both: AFTER HOURS! When the lights go down! AFTER HOURS! We don't need the crowd! Female: Stay a little longer! Male: Let the whole world disappear! Both: AFTER HOURS! We're still here! After hours... After hours... Female ad-lib: Don't go... Male ad-lib: Not yet... Both: We're still here.
