
Lyrics
Two AM You still up? Your name lights up my phone at two Three little words, but not "I love you" Just "You still up?" and I know the rest I text back "Yeah," like I couldn't guess You say you're bored, can't sleep tonight I say, "Same here," like it's a surprise Ten minutes later, you're at my door And we don't bother talking anymore And we keep saying we're just friends Like that explains the way this ends You're standing close, I'm looking down Neither one of us is backing out It's two AM And you're mine again But by the time the sun comes up We'll be barely friends You'll pass me in the hallway Like there's nothing left to say But I'll be lying wide awake 'Cause I know you'll call anyway Oh-oh-oh, two AM Oh-oh-oh, you're mine again You left your earrings on my shelf Said, "Don't read into it," and laughed at yourself Your friends keep asking where you've been You tell them you were out with friends In the morning you sit across the room Laugh at somebody else's jokes I catch your eye, you look away Like I'm a stranger in the light of day And we keep saying we're just friends But friends don't act like strangers when The lights come on and people stare You look right through me like I'm not there It's two AM And you're mine again But by the time the sun comes up We'll be barely friends You'll pass me in the hallway Like there's nothing left to say But I'll be lying wide awake 'Cause I know you'll call anyway Oh-oh-oh, two AM Oh-oh-oh, you're mine again I asked you over lunch one day If this was ever gonna change You said, "Don't make it complicated" Then asked me how my weekend went I laughed like I was fine with that Went home and swore I'd let it end But then my phone lit up at two And I was yours all over again It's two AM And you're mine again But by the time the sun comes up We'll be barely friends You'll pass me in the hallway Like there's nothing left to say But I'll be lying wide awake 'Cause I know you'll call anyway Oh-oh-oh, two AM Oh-oh-oh, you're mine again Three little words: "You still up?" Girl, I'm always waiting up
About this song
A sleek, emotionally charged pop-rock track about two people who share an intimate connection at night but barely acknowledge each other during the day. Driven by atmospheric electric guitars, deep basslines and polished contemporary production, 2AM explores the vulnerability of an undefined relationship built around recurring late-night messages. Ethan Cole's intimate verses and soaring melodic chorus capture the tension between private affection, public indifference and the hope that something might eventually change.








