Verse 1
Neon hum in the ceiling light
Clock ticks loud in the dead of night
Coffee cold but it keeps me straight
Blackened walls, we animate
Shadows stretch down the hallway bends
Every step feels paper-thin
Ink drips slow from the hours we keep
While the daylight’s fast asleep
Pre-Chorus
The sun don’t know our names
But the dark remembers faces
Chorus
We’re the ones who breathe at midnight
Heartbeat buzzing, wired tight
When the world shuts down its eyes
We stay alive in the aftertime
Nightshifters stick with nightshifters
Same old ghosts, same old blisters
Electric souls in grayscale skin
We bend, we bleed, we’re inked within
Verse 2
Static crawling through the halls
Broken radios on the walls
Every laugh echoes too long
Like a warped-out cartoon song
Hands are stained with yesterday
Can’t quite wash the dark away
But there’s comfort in the sound
Of the crew still hanging ‘round
Pre-Chorus
Daylight never understands
Why we make it hand in hand
Chorus
We’re the ones who breathe at midnight
Heartbeat buzzing, wired tight
When the world shuts down its eyes
We stay alive in the aftertime
Nightshifters stick with nightshifters
Same old ghosts, same old blisters
Electric souls in grayscale skin
We bend, we bleed, we’re inked within
Bridge
Buzzing lights and bending floors
Time don’t work like it did before
If I fall, you pull me through
Ink-black veins, electric blue
We don’t shine, we softly glow
In the dark where workers go
Break (Ambient / Spoken)
Keep it moving
Keep it quiet
Keep each other breathing
Final Chorus
We’re the ones who breathe at midnight
Made of shadows, sparks, and fight
While the city’s fast asleep
We’re the promises we keep
Nightshifters stick with nightshifters
Through the static, through the fractures
When the morning tries to win
We fade out slow… back into ink
Outro
Neon hum, the clock unwinds
See you on the other side of time
