After Dark

[Intro]

Yeah

Haha

This story about a girl I know

Yeah

[Chorus]

After dark, wonder where you are

Are you lonely like me

Driving on these backstreets?

After dark, wonder where you are

Are you thinking of me (You know)

When you're fading out?

[Verse 1]

Em said you could do anything that you set your mind on

It's crazy that it happened, my first tour had my mind blown

Time to do your meet-and-greet, the line's like a mile long

Go shake your hangover off and go put your smile on

Feelin' like Santa Claus in the mall, guess they like me

They wait in line to take a picture, come and stand by me

Just to be ushered away, we say, "Thank you," kindly

Summer 2010, the first time I met ****, yeah, uh

She said, "I know I don't have much time

But I've waited so long for this moment and there's something I have to do"

She lifted up her shirt and then she showed me her back tattoo

It's crazy when you see your own face starin' back at you

Understand you're a fan, but didn't know I meant that to you

I had that impact on you, ain't know how to react to you

You told me you loved me, so I repeated it back to you

Like what else could I say? I was so full of gratitude

Speechless and floored, ain't know I was that adored

Fast-forward two tours and twenty tattoos later, all about me

Now this means I'm forever attached to you

How the fuck did I become someone that these things would happen to? Yeah

[Chorus]

After dark (After dark), wonder where you are (Where are you?)

Are you lonely like me (Are you lonely too?)

Driving on these backstreets? (Uh)

After dark (After dark), wonder where you are (Where are you?)

Are you thinking of me

When you're fading out? (Uh)

[Verse 2]

Well, please don't misinterpret, I hope to be understood

I appreciate your appreciation, it feels good

Promise that I won't forget you, I swear I won't turn my back on you

But as an empath, just try to think of the magnitude

Pressure livin' up to the way someone imagines you

You covered your whole body in tattoos about me

Mean, it's awesome what you did, but it's somethin' I didn't ask you to

And I'll feel the pressure forever, can't break free

But it's been two or three tours in a row that I ain't seen you

I'm like, "Where did you go?" I used to see you front row

What, you don't love me no more? Or has the time finally come

That G-Eazy somethin' we all knew one day you'd outgrow?

So if I broke your heart or hurt you, would you think I was heartless?

Or did you just move on and find a new favorite artist?

Or did I disappoint you? Was that last album garbage?

Regardless, I'll be with you 'til your body's a carcass, you know

[Chorus]

After dark (After dark), wonder where you are (Where are you?)

Are you lonely like me (Are you lonely too?)

Driving on these backstreets? (Uh)

After dark (After dark), wonder where you are (Where are you?)

Are you thinking of me

When you're fading out?

[Bridge]

If you fall in love with it, you better go run with it

But then you'll be stuck with it, your skin and your blood's in it

You poured your heart out and you poured all your guts in it

But what if you walk away, one day, you felt done with it?

You finish, love starts to diminish

But it's hard to relinquish it when it's part of your image

Should I try and reach out? Should I send this to you?

I mean, we love to be loved, but I think loneliness connected us too, yeah

[Chorus]

After dark, wonder where you are

Are you lonely like me

Driving on these backstreets?

After dark (After dark), wonder where you are (Where are you?)

Are you thinking of me

When you're fading out?

[Outro]

God

I'll be alright, I'll be, I'll be alright

Oh my God