Midnight Medicine

Midnight medicine
You only come for me

Two a.m., the door chime sings
You're buying mints you never eat
Tuesday plasters, Wednesday gum
Thursday just a single lemon
Thursday just a single lemon
The guard is sleeping by the door
The fridges hum a lullaby
You lean across the counter glass
And ask me how my night is going

Nobody needs a lemon
At a quarter past two
Nobody needs a plaster
Like you need to talk to me

You're my midnight medicine
The only one who asks my name
You're my midnight medicine
Come back tomorrow, come again

Med-med-medicine
Midnight medicine
Med-med-medicine
You only come for me

Med-med-medicine
Midnight medicine
Med-med-medicine
You only come for me

I started keeping lemons back
Behind the vitamins for you
You started leaving earlier
From the night shift at the station
Now you wait until I lock the gate
We share the bench outside
Two people with the wrong hours
Finally the right time

Nobody needs a lemon
At a quarter past two
Nobody needs a plaster
Like I've been needing you

You're my midnight medicine
The only one who asks my name
You're my midnight medicine
Come back tomorrow, come again

No prescription on the counter
Just your handwriting on a receipt
"Same time, same aisle"
And a lemon drawn beside it

You're my midnight medicine
The only one who knows my name
You're my midnight medicine
Tomorrow I'll be off, come anyway

Med-med-medicine
Midnight medicine
Med-med-medicine
You only come for me

Med-med-medicine
Midnight medicine
Med-med-medicine
You only come for me