And It’s Not the Drugs, and It’s Not the Weather

Posted on 2020/04/10 by Chad Philip

Gloria (track 02 from the Days of Thunder LP by The Midnight )

Gloria, I feel so much better today
And it’s not the drugs
And it’s not the weather
I just feel so much better today

I’ve been asleep in the driver’s seat
I’ve been lost in my head for weeks
Trying to find what it is I need
Too goddamned tired to sleep

Then there were other times where I was so aware that I would lose my mind
And feel that I couldn’t get enough
And get so high that I couldn’t stand up

Gloria, I feel so much better today
And it’s not the drugs
And it’s not the weather
I just feel so much better today

There are those who will never learn
Who build a fire and yet can’t stay warm
The only secret to make it through is to take what is in front of you

I fear death and it thrills me
All the lights in front of me make me drive until the coast is clear
Gotta go faster until it all disappears

Gloria, I feel so much better today
And it’s not the drugs
And it’s not the weather
I just feel so much better today

I’ve been asleep in the driver’s seat
I’ve been lost in my head for weeks
Trying to find what it is I need
Too goddamned tired to sleep

Do You Want Your Tears Back?

Posted on 2020/03/08 by Chad Philip

Light Years (track 06 from the Nocturnal LP by The Midnight ft. Nikki Flores )

I fell in love with a feeling—I didn’t fall in love with you
There was a song I was singing, but it wasn’t meant for you
I’m sorry that I can’t stay
And I’m sorry that we’re light years away

I bite your lip and you taste like summer time
I can’t forget the days when you were mine

Do you wander the streets every night just to find me too?

Light years
Echoes
In the streetlights
In between those spaces in the moment
Come and find me where we let go

I fell in love with a feeling and your funny faces
You were beautiful and broken in all the right places
I’m sorry that I can’t stay
And I’m sorry that we’re light years away

Millions of miles behind or light years ahead
Our time is now
Our time was then
And I hear your voice inside of my head, but it’s just a silhouette

Do you wonder what happens to all of the love we lose?

Light years
Echoes
In the streetlights
In between those spaces in the moment
Come and find me where we let go

Light years
Do you want your tears back?
They’re gone—I’m sorry

Do I Ever Cross Your Mind, Through Your Window in the Sky?

Posted on 2020/03/06 by Chad Philip

Nighthawks (track 10 from the Endless Summer LP by The Midnight )

I see you, you see me, in the eighteenth floor across the street
Sometimes you dance
Sometimes you eat TV dinners then fall asleep

Do I ever cross your mind, through your window in the sky?
When you forget to close the blinds, so do I

I see you check your phone, wash the dishes and fold the clothes
Sometimes you stay up and get stoned, but you always sleep alone

Do I ever cross your mind, through your window in the sky?
When you forget to close the blinds, so do I

Even Bad Girls Know Good Love

Posted on 2020/01/05 by Chad Philip

Sunset (track 02 from the Endless Summer LP by The Midnight )

…I just feel like I’ve been stuck here my whole life…
…There must be something else out there, waiting, you know?…
…Just for us…
…We could run away…
…Just leave and never look back…
…I don’t even care where we go…
…Just far away from here…
…I’ll come with you…

We faked our deaths
Lit a match, closed the door and waited for the flash
Greyhound Station, we paid in cash
Miss Lazarus, we’re coming back

They say it’s darkest before the dawn
We’ve been in this town for far too long
They say it’s darkest before the dawn
We’re moving on

Sunset, no regrets
First chance, last dance, stuck in the middle
Even bad girls know good love
You taste so sweet it hurts a little

Make our home where we stand
One suitcase and half a plan
Follow the wolves and sing along
Past the voices to the song

They say it’s darkest before the dawn
We’ve been in this town for far too long
They say it’s darkest before the dawn
We’re moving on

Sunsets, no regrets
First chance, last dance
Stuck in the middle
Even bad girls know good love
You taste so sweet it hurts a little

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