[Male - Rap/Pop]
[Intro]
[(ambient synths, distant city noise)]
One minute till midnight…
Funny.
Feels like I’ve lived a thousand lives since the last time we talked.
[Verse 1]
Heart on my Sleeve, I was bleeding on tracks
Opening Bell, I was ready to snap
Rebound Season, trying to get myself back
Intrusive thoughts always stayed in the back
Hopeful, Learning to Live every day
Different Lane, trying to find my way
Ghosts in the Woods still calling my name
Another Life with You, but I’m not the same
[More Intense]
Got approved for a place
Got a raise at work
Still got fear in my ear
Still got doubts that hurt
Still got songs in my notes
Still got prayers that I pray
Still got nights where I wonder
If I’ll ever be okay
[Pre-Chorus]
But maybe that’s not the point…
Maybe nobody’s ever fully okay…
Maybe we’re all just trying
To make it through another day
[Chorus]
It’s 11:59 PM…
One minute before tomorrow
One foot stuck in yesterday
One foot trying to move forward
11:59 PM…
Every version of me still lives somewhere
And maybe Late Night ELI
Is finally learning not to be scared
[Verse 2]
I’ve been fighting Fear so long
Sometimes I forget my name
He keeps telling me go backwards
Back to all the old pain
Back when every dark thought
Had a permanent place to stay
Back when I pushed everybody out
And slowly drifted away
But now I’m moving into places
I used to only dream about
Talking ’bout forever with the girl I love
While still figuring myself out
Bank account ain’t perfect
Life ain’t going to plan
But maybe growing up means realizing
You don’t always understand
[Pre-Chorus]
And maybe faith ain’t certainty
Maybe it’s believing anyway
Even when the road gets dark
And you can’t see the whole way
[Chorus]
It’s 11:59 PM
One minute before tomorrow
One foot stuck in yesterday
One foot trying to move forward
11:59 PM…
Every version of me still lives somewhere
And maybe Late Night ELI
Is finally learning not to be scared
[Bridge]
[(drums fade, ambient pad only)]
To the kid who wrote Heart on My Sleeve…
I still hear you
To the guy who thought he lost himself…
I see you too
To every version of me that survived
The nights I thought would never end
Thank you
For getting me here
[Final Chorus]
It’s 11:59 PM…
One minute before tomorrow
The future’s standing at the door
And I don’t wanna hide anymore
11:59 PM…
Every scar and every lesson’s here
And maybe Late Night ELI
Has been inside me all these years
[Outro]
Fear says go backwards…
Hope says keep driving…
Guess we’ll find out what happens next.
Late Night ELI.
See you at midnight…
ELIROBB
