Streetlight flicker, sky cut black,
Midnight came calling — I called it back.

I got one eye on the wreckage, one hand on the wheel,
Heart still ticking with a hardcase feel.
Rain on the window, ring in my ear,
I done made peace with the shape of fear.
Low flame, no name, still I burn bright,
Boots full of gravel and a jaw locked tight.
Bent but breathing, bruised but awake,
I don’t fold for the dark just because it got weight.

Let it lean in close, let it bare its teeth,
I got thunder in my chest and dust underneath.
Every scar got a pulse, every nerve got a say —
And midnight won’t take me.

Midnight won’t take me, midnight won’t take me,
I’ve been too far down to go that easy.
Midnight won’t take me, midnight won’t take me,
I still got fire when the whole sky’s fading.
If the dark wants a name, let it choke on mine —
Midnight won’t take me tonight.

I’ve seen cold rooms, bad news, long drives home,
Felt the dead air hit like a dropped dial tone.
Knuckles split truth on the side of the sink,
Still stood up straight on the edge of the brink.
Slow bleed, no sleep, red line in my head,
But I don’t talk defeat when I’m counting the dead.
I’ve been all but gone — still here somehow,
With a hard-earned soul and a don’t-back-down.

Let it lean in close, let it bare its teeth,
I got thunder in my chest and dust underneath.
Every scar got a pulse, every nerve got a say —
And midnight won’t take me.

Midnight won’t take me, midnight won’t take me,
I’ve been too far down to go that easy.
Midnight won’t take me, midnight won’t take me,
I still got fire when the whole sky’s fading.
If the dark wants a name, let it choke on mine —
Midnight won’t take me tonight.

I was smoke, I was splinter, I was almost erased,
Had my back to the wall with a storm in my face.
But the blacktop cracked and the morning moved through,
And the worst thing I lived through didn’t finish the truth.
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So ring that bell, let the last light shake —
I’m still here, and midnight won’t take—

Midnight won’t take me, midnight won’t take me,
I’ve been too far down to go that easy.
Midnight won’t take me, midnight won’t take me,
I still got fire when the whole sky’s fading.
Midnight won’t take me, midnight won’t take me,
I got a live-wire soul and it won’t quit breaking.
If the dark wants a name, let it choke on mine —
Midnight won’t take me tonight.

Streetlight flicker, dawn fight breaking,
Midnight came close...
Midnight won’t take me.