Don't Wait Up
Midnight Confessions: Breaking Free from Love's Chains
Lyrics
Four o'clock, in the morning
Describing the time, possibly indicating the late night or early morning hours.
Are you waiting up
Questioning if someone is staying awake for the speaker.
For me to come home
Expressing anticipation for the speaker to return home.
Five o'clock, still not home
Not home by five o'clock, suggesting a delay or absence.
Are you waiting up
Repeating the inquiry if someone is waiting for the speaker.
For me to show up
Emphasizing the speaker's delayed arrival.
I will never be the one to tell you It was wrong
Acknowledging a past mistake but not willing to admit it.
To leave you behind
Expressing the decision to leave someone behind.
Say goodbye to me tonight is gonna be too late
Advising to say goodbye tonight as waiting longer won't change things.
So don't wait up (don't wait up)
Instructing not to wait up for the speaker.
Don't call me up (don't call me up)
Advising not to call the speaker.
Cause now It's to late for you to call me home
Explaining that it's too late for the other person to call the speaker home.
So don't wait up (don't wait up)
Repeating the instruction not to wait up.
Don't call me up (don't call me up)
Reiterating not to call the speaker.
I'm over you for real this time
Stating that the speaker is truly over the other person this time.
We're no good
Declaring that the relationship is no longer healthy.
It's time to say goodbye
Indicating that it's time to part ways.
Four o'clock, in the morning
Repeating the timeframe and the waiting anticipation.
I know you're waiting up
Acknowledging the waiting at four o'clock in the morning.
For me to come home
Reiterating the anticipation for the speaker's return.
Five o'clock, you call me up
Receiving a call at five o'clock, suggesting attempts to contact the speaker.
So I turn of my phone
Responding by turning off the phone, indicating a deliberate choice not to answer.
I ain't coming home
Emphasizing that the speaker won't be coming home.
I will never be the one to tell you It was wrong
Repeating the refusal to admit fault in leaving someone behind.
To leave you behind
Reaffirming the decision to part ways.
Say goodbye to me tonight is gonna be too late
Repeating the advice to say goodbye tonight as delaying won't change the outcome.
So don't wait up (don't wait up)
Reiterating the instruction not to wait up for the speaker.
Don't call me up (don't call me up)
Repeating the advice not to call the speaker.
Cause now It's to late for you to call me home
Reiterating that it's too late for the other person to call the speaker home.
So don't wait up (don't wait up)
Repeating the instruction not to wait up.
Don't call me up (don't call me up)
Reiterating not to call the speaker.
I'm over you for real this time
Stating again that the speaker is truly over the other person this time.
We're no good
Reiterating that the relationship is no longer healthy.
It's time to say goodbye
Reaffirming that it's time to say goodbye.
So don't wait up
Repeating the instruction not to wait up.
Don't call me up
Reiterating not to call the speaker.
Cause now It's to late for you to call me home
Reiterating that it's too late for the other person to call the speaker home.
So don't wait up (don't wait up)
Repeating the instruction not to wait up.
Don't call me up (don't call me up)
Reiterating not to call the speaker.
I'm over you for real this time
Affirming that the speaker is truly over the other person this time.
We're no good
Reiterating that the relationship is no longer healthy.
It's time to say goodbye
Reaffirming that it's time to say goodbye.
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