Late at Night
Midnight Dilemma: Love's Late Night Tango
Lyrics
Late at night I get a text that say
Late at night, receiving a text urging a response
"Answer my calls, I know you're awake"
Caller knows you're awake, insisting on answering
Taking your time means wasting mine
Emphasizing that taking time wastes the speaker's time
I'll wait and decide when you change your mind
Expressing willingness to wait until a decision is made
Or take good look babe
Suggesting ending the relationship, saying goodbye
Kiss it all goodbye
Encouraging detachment and farewell
Late at night she gets needy
Describing the partner as needy late at night
Pay the price, it's a freebie
Emphasizing the cost of being in the relationship
Told her she don't need me
Informing the partner she doesn't need the speaker
Told me keep the receipt
Requesting to keep the metaphorical 'receipt' as proof
And if I call her out
If questioned, the partner denies the speaker's claims
She'll ask me what I'm talking bout
Partner questions the speaker's accusations
Now shes walking out
Implies the partner is leaving, but will return tomorrow
Until she comes 'round tomorrow
Anticipating the partner's return the next day
Tomorrow
Reiteration of the expectation for tomorrow's return
Always comes back tomorrow
Expressing confidence in the partner's consistent return
I get a new chance tomorrow
Highlighting the speaker's optimism about a new opportunity
Late at night I get thousand calls
Receiving numerous calls late at night
On and on, all off the wall
Continuous and excessive calls, possibly overwhelming
She says the same thing all day long
Partner repeating the same message consistently
And I can't sit and listen to the same old song
Frustration with hearing the same message repeatedly
Can't sit around and wait
Refusal to wait around for the partner
Wait all night, oh
Impatience with waiting throughout the night
Late at night she gets needy
Partner described as needy again late at night
Pay the price, it's a freebie
Reiterating the cost of being in the relationship
Told her she don't need me
Reiterating that the partner doesn't need the speaker
Told me keep the receipt
Repeating the request to keep the metaphorical 'receipt'
And if I call her out
If challenged, the partner questions the speaker's claims
She'll ask me what I'm talking bout
Partner asks for clarification on the speaker's statements
Now shes walking out
Partner walking out, with an expectation of returning
Until she comes 'round tomorrow
Anticipating the partner's return the next day
Tomorrow
Reiteration of the expectation for tomorrow's return
Always comes back tomorrow
Expressing confidence in the partner's consistent return
I get a new chance tomorrow
Highlighting the speaker's optimism about a new opportunity
Late at night
Reiteration of the late-night situation
Late at night, oh
Repeating the late-night scenario
Late at night she gets needy
Partner described as needy again late at night
Pay the price, it's a freebie
Emphasizing the cost of being in the relationship
Told her she don't need me
Reiterating that the partner doesn't need the speaker
Told me keep the receipt
Repeating the request to keep the metaphorical 'receipt'
And if I call her out
If challenged, the partner questions the speaker's claims
She'll ask me what I'm talking bout
Partner asks for clarification on the speaker's statements
Now shes walking out
Partner walking out, with an expectation of returning
Until she comes 'round tomorrow
Anticipating the partner's return the next day
Tomorrow
Reiteration of the expectation for tomorrow's return
Always comes back tomorrow
Expressing confidence in the partner's consistent return
I get a new chance tomorrow
Highlighting the speaker's optimism about a new opportunity
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