“THE NIGHT PUT US ON REPEAT” Track 1 (the Night Put Us On Repeat) Vocals by 12Gauge858 *Written by 12Gauge858 INTRO — BREATHED] *(Rain against glass. Trembling blues-guitar bend. Slow 808 heartbeat.) Mmm… You ever have a night that kept starting over… Because neither one of you could make yourself leave? Yeah… That was us. VERSE 1] Two-seventeen glowed from the kitchen, Rain drew rivers down the glass… Your coat was hanging from one shoulder, But neither one of us moved fast… You said, “I really should be going…” Then set your keys back on the table… I watched your fingers circle mine Like leaving wasn’t something they were able… PRE-CHORUS]** Every goodbye lost its nerve Before it reached your lips… Then you looked at me that way again— And the whole night Started over with a kiss… - CHORUS] The night put us on repeeeat… Same slow thunder underneath… Every time we almost said goodbye, Your eyes pulled the words right out of me… Morning missed its cue completely, Even time forgot to move its feet… We kept falling into the same feeling— The niiiight… Put us on repeeeat… *(On repeat…)* *(You kept happening to me…)* VERSE 2] Your shoes were waiting by the doorway, My shadow leaning into yours… You reached to straighten up my collar Like you had done it times before… I said, “What happens when the sun comes?” You looked away, then smiled too deep… Said, “Maybe morning doesn’t matter If tonight is something we can keep…” PRE-CHORUS 2] We were already missing something That had not even passed… Then you whispered, “Stay right here…” And the night Pulled us back… - CHORUS 2] The night put us on repeeeat… Same slow thunder underneath… Every time we almost said goodbye, Your eyes pulled the leaving out of me… Morning missed its cue completely, Even time forgot to move its feet… We kept falling into the same feeling— The niiiight… Put us on repeeeat… BREAKDOWN — 808 DROPS OUT] You said goodbye… But stayed close enough For me to feel you change your mind… You reached for your coat… Then left your hand Inside of mine… *(Audible breath. Complete silence.) Maybe leaving wasn’t hard… Maybe leaving me was. BRIDGE — VOCAL RISE] Maybe your coat stayed on your shoulder So you could tell yourself you tried… Maybe my hand stayed near the doorway So I could stop you one more time… But I never touched the handle… And you never reached for your keys… We stood there somewhere inside the almost— While the night Kept choosing you and me… FINAL CHORUS — SOARING]**is The night put us on repeeeat… Now your heartbeat lives underneath… Every time the morning called your name, You turned around and came back into me… Morning waited at the window, But we never let it see… How we kept falling through the same moment— Like your love Was learning me… The niiiight… Put us on repeeeat… If loving you was one night only, Let that one night be eternity… The niiiiiiight… Put us on repeeeeeat… *(Sustained soaring note with widening vibrato, rasp and a natural vocal break.)* ---please don’t OUTRO — SPOKEN]** Two-seventeen… You said you should leave. Two-eighteen… You moved closer. The rain stopped… The clock kept going… But we never did. Your keys were still on the table… And the clock Was the only thing That believed you. *(Whispered) Platous again.
