[Verse 1]
Ash tray full, neon halo on the motel sign,
3AM text glow, thumb scroll, I decline, rewind.
Cold coffee in the dash, skyline split by a bruise,
Last call at the bar, bartender knows all my blues.
Tip jar taped up, I spit jokes to mask the ache,
Vinyl skip on the track, windows fog like heartbreak.
I count cigarette butts like reasons we fell through,
Your name on the mirror, steam wrote you in blue.
I rhyme for a living but these lines cut deeper,
Stage lights on my face, midnight steals the sleeper.
Concrete beneath my shoes, alley church bells ring,
I trade punchlines for picture frames and other missing things.
The city breathes slow, sirens sing lullabies wrong,
I pace the rooftop edge where our song used to belong.
Ashes in the cup holder, receipts for what I spent,
Phone screen dead at dawn, ghost of your last intent.
[Pre-Hook / Tag]
Midnight echoes — yeah, they tattoo my name,
(liltnflbaby) — whisper it back into the flame.
[Chorus / Hook]
I stay up, midnight echoes, heartbeat on replay,
Coffee cold, skyline gone, memories won't fade away — liltnflbaby.
Midnight echoes — the same line, same ache, same stay.
[Verse 2]
16 bars, step two: I paint in smaller strokes,
Bar stool kingdom, cigarette reign, echoes of your jokes.
You left a lipstick ghost on the rim of my cheap glass,
Laugh track in my head while the jukebox plays our past.
I drive the same route, red light, recall your laugh,
Tailgate down, cassette tape with a scratched photograph.
Streetlight halo, corner store, slur of neon blue,
Receipts from midnight fights, your perfume in the loo.
My pen hits the pad with internal rhymes like gunfire,
Multisyllabic grief—syncopated, wired, I get higher.
No illusions, just concrete images and minor chords,
Ash on my jacket, cold in my chest, I count the broken boards.
I flip metaphors like switches, keep the cadence tight,
Night shifts, write riffs, breathing low under sodium light.
This city's got a memory — it's keeping score for free,
I lose sleep collecting pieces of the version you left of me.
[Pre-Hook / Ad-lib]
Midnight echoes, they keep callin' my name,
(liltnflbaby) — I answer soft, I answer ashamed.
[Chorus / Hook - Tightened]
I stay up, midnight echoes, heartbeat on replay — liltnflbaby.
Coffee cold, skyline hollow, pain don't move away.
Midnight echoes — same truth, same night, same day.
[Bridge / Rap Break]
Ash to ash, tab to tab, I tally up the cost,
Tumbleweed of memories, I'm sifting through the lost.
Last call, vinyl crack, I whisper to the booth,
Punchline on my lips but it's truth that tells the truth.
Short breath, long night, I sketch your shadow in the light,
Snap back to the beat — internal rhyme, I fight.
I don't want your forgiveness — I want the quiet to be real,
I write to wake the wound so the healing knows the deal.
(liltnflbaby) — ad‑lib, spit it like a stitch in time,
That name rides the hook, like a siren for the rhymes.
[Final Chorus]
I stay up, midnight echoes, heartbeat on replay — liltnflb
