Neon lights fade out on the street
Only sound is my own two feet
Clock strikes twelve, the world goes to sleep
Leaving me with the secrets I keep
Wiping down tables, stacking the chairs
Wondering if anyone out there cares
My hands are tired, my mind starts to drift
Just another night on the midnight shift
Underneath the glow of the pale fluorescent light
I carry your memory through the deepest part of night
Every slow motion second that passes us by
I swear I see your face in the dark of the sky
It's a quiet kind of heartbreak, a heavy kind of lift
Just trying to survive this midnight shift
The coffee is cold, the room is so still
Fighting the shadows creeping over the sill
I find your old receipt tucked away in my coat
Two words and a smiley face, a beautiful note
You used to sit here and wait for my break
Now I'm just counting every second I'm awake
The silence gets loud when the music stops playing
I repeat the words that I wish I was saying
Underneath the glow of the pale fluorescent light
I carry your memory through the deepest part of night
Every slow motion second that passes us by
I swear I see your face in the dark of the sky
It's a quiet kind of heartbreak, a heavy kind of lift
Just trying to survive this midnight shift
They say the darkest hour comes right before dawn
But the dawn feels so empty now that you are gone
So I sway to the rhythm of the humming machine
Trapped in the spaces right in between
Living for the morning
Praying for the light
Underneath the glow of the pale fluorescent light
I carry your memory through the deepest part of night
Every slow motion second that passes us by
I still see your face in the dark of the sky
It's a quiet kind of heartbreak, a heavy kind of lift
Just trying to survive this midnight shift
The sun starts to rise
Blue turns to gold
Another long night
Another story untold
Clock out
Walk away
Midnight shift
Fade to gray
