Late Checkout

DREY

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Backstory

2AM in a hotel that's too quiet. You keep replaying the last conversation, wondering if you missed the exit.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
2 AM and the hotel walls are closing in
Replaying every conversation wondering where it went thin
She said "you never really listen" — I was listening too hard
Hearing everything she meant between the words that left me scarred
Room service getting cold on the nightstand
Your perfume still haunting like a contraband
I should've left at midnight, should've caught the flight
But I keep rewinding to the part where you were right

[Chorus]
Late checkout, I can't leave this room
Late checkout, still surrounded by you
Every minute past the deadline I'm a fool
Late checkout — breaking every rule

[Verse 2]
Scrolling through the photos like forensic evidence
Zooming in on your expression for some kind of precedent
Did you mean it when you said we'd figure this out?
Or were you buying time while you were planning your route?
The elevator dings and I flinch like it's you
Standing in the lobby with your overnight bag and attitude
But it's just the city waking up without a care
And I'm the only one still stuck on the fourteenth floor up there

[Bridge]
Check me out, check me out
I've been overstaying what was meant to end
Paying for the extra hours
Of a love I can't extend

[Outro]
Late checkout... the front desk keeps calling
But I'm not ready to admit that this is over
Late checkout... late checkout
Still here