On “One Night,” Griff discusses the difficulties of coming to terms with heartbreak and finding peace in dealing with one’s own demons. The track was accidentally leaked by her own label while selling vinyls for the 2020 mixtape One Foot In Front Of The Other.
Despite being desperate and sad, the s...
[Verse 1]
How long can I leave the lights in the ceiling on?
And the static from the TV keeps me company till I'm gone
[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause I rock back and forth
Reciting words that I've said wrong
I swear I've been doing fine
When I'm busy and got things going on
Oh, so girl, what you running from?
[Chorus]
Oh, maybe there's something in the midnight hours
The midnight hours, you know
And maybe there's something in the dead of night
When I'm sleeping alone
Where I always see your face
God, I wish I didn't though
Can I have one night, one night, one night
Where it's just me alone?
[Verse 2]
Is it 'cause I've been feeling guilty all along?
Or is it the gods just tryna tell me to move on?
'Cause while you're haunting me, that's what you've done
So girl, what you running from? (Oh)
[Chorus]
Oh, maybe there's something in the midnight hours
The midnight hours, you know (Something in the—)
Or maybe there's something in the dead of night
When I'm sleeping alone
Where I always see your face (I always see your face)
God, I wish I didn't though (I wish I didn't though)
Can I have one night, one night, one night
Where it's just me alone?
[Post-Chorus]
So I, I know what it feels like
So I can wake up in the daylight
And my chest ain't heavy
'Cause you're not there with me
Tell me when that will be?
[Bridge]
Oh, 'cause I rock back and forth
Reciting words that I've said wrong
I swear I've been doing fine
When I'm busy and got things going on
So what am I running from?
[Chorus]
Oh, maybe there's something in the midnight hours
The midnight hours, you know
Or maybe there's something in the dead of night
When I'm sleeping alone
Where I always see your face
God, I wish I didn't though
Can I have one night, one night, one night
Where it's just me alone? (Oh)
[Outro]
One night, one night, yeah
So can I have one night, one night, just one night
One night, one night, one night
Can I have one night, one night, just one night
Where it's just me alone?
One Night was produced by LOSTBOY.
There have been alot of nights in between going to bed and falling asleep where random anxieties come rushing back and every burden you’re carrying suddenly feel more heavy, and this song is about wanting at least one night away from that.
—via Instagram
In her 2021 MTV push interview, Griff discussed the writing process of the song:
You know what? In lockdown, I’ve actually already written a version of this song, completely different but the melody and the concept was the same. Then I had a melody with LOSTBOY, who I actually wrote “Black Hole” wi...
In her 2021 MTV push interview, Griff discussed the inspiration for the song:
It definitely was a product of especially the lockdown, where so many nights when you’re sitting there, and you got so much time with your own thoughts, and you’re like “why am I?… I didn’t even realize I was stressed abo...
Griff told UPROXX in November 2021:
I wrote a version of this song by myself, it was called ‘Midnight Hours,’ in lockdown. And it never was really a showstopper. Then I went into the studio with Lostboy, and he started to make that beat, and I remembered writing that song ‘Midnight Hours,’ so I too...