Title: “Midnight on Melrose” (moody R&B / slow tempo / 6/8 swing beat, heavy bass, ambient pads, lo-fi vinyl crackle in the background) ⸻ [Verse 1] Ashtray’s full, but the silence louder City lights drip like a dying flower I lit your name in the smoke again Said I’d quit you, but here I am Neon ghosts on the ceiling move Every shadow feel like a part of you I taste regret in this red wine glass You haunt the future and you stain the past [Chorus] Midnight on Melrose, I’m lost in your echo You’re gone but you still know the code to my soul (ohhh) Drunk on your absence, high off the pain I come down slow just to crave you again Midnight on Melrose, nothing but echoes You left but you still wear my shadow (yeah, yeah…) Mmm, you still wear my shadow… ⸻ [Verse 2] Your lipstick stains still on my mirror Your ghost sits close when the moon gets nearer I play your laugh on that voicemail loop Like a junkie dosing on déjà vu I tried new hearts, but they don’t fit right They don’t bruise soft like you did at night My bed’s too wide, my chest too tight And your name still hits like a streetlight fight ⸻ [Bridge] I keep your scent in my denim coat I’m six floors up but I still feel low Got love songs bleeding through the walls Next door’s crying, or maybe it’s us all (ohhh, ohhh, yeahhh…) The city don’t sleep, it just pretends Like me, pretending you weren’t my end ⸻ [Chorus] Midnight on Melrose, I’m lost in your echo You’re gone but you still know the code to my soul (mmm) Drunk on your absence, high off the pain I come down slow just to crave you again Midnight on Melrose, nothing but echoes You left but you still wear my shadow (wear my shadow…) Mmm, you still wear my shadow… ⸻ [Outro] Your ghost been paying rent in my head Flickering lights like the words you never said I close my eyes just to see you again But all I feel… is the night closing in Midnight on Melrose… You still wear my shadow… (yeah… yeah…) You still wear my shadow…