SAINT LEON VII

2:17

You love me in the dark, then lose me in the day.
SAINT LEON VIIAUDVEIL · 2026-08-02
ArtistSAINT LEON VII
ReleasedAugust 2, 2026
GenreMelancholic Trap · Alternative R&B
MoodRain-soaked · intimate · exposed
Tempo / length~136 BPM · F♯ minor · —

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The story behind the signal.

A late-night message becomes a cycle: remembered after midnight, erased again by morning. “2:17” turns that pattern into a restrained confession with a final act of refusal.

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[Intro]
Two seventeen
Your name on my screen again

[Verse 1]
Rain on the glass, same road home
Whole city sleeping, I'm still on my phone
Three dots moving like a loaded gun
You type "you awake?" like nothing was done
I should let it die, let the silence win
But your voice still knows where the hurt gets in
You only miss me when the night gets deep
When the room goes cold and you cannot sleep

[Pre-Chorus]
Do not say forever when you mean tonight
Do not call it love if it dies in daylight

[Chorus]
At two seventeen, you remember me
When your room gets cold and your friends all leave
You type three words, then delete everything
At two seventeen, you remember me
By eight fifteen, you do not know my name
By noon, we are strangers again
You love me in the dark, then lose me in the day
At two seventeen, you remember me

[Post-Chorus]
Two seventeen / Two seventeen
You remember me / Then forget again

[Verse 2]
I know your pattern, I know your game
You need my heart just to soften the blame
You send one picture from the passenger side
Like I will not notice who is driving tonight
I keep deleting every word I write
Trying to leave you in another life
But every time the whole city turns blue
I become someone who runs back to you

[Pre-Chorus]
Do not say forever when you mean tonight
Do not call it love if it dies in daylight

[Chorus]
At two seventeen, you remember me
When your room gets cold and your friends all leave
You type three words, then delete everything
At two seventeen, you remember me
By eight fifteen, you do not know my name
By noon, we are strangers again
You love me in the dark, then lose me in the day
At two seventeen, you remember me

[Bridge]
Maybe I am not who you miss
Maybe you just miss being missed
Maybe the dark makes liars honest
And morning takes back every promise
So call me when the silence hurts
Tell me that you finally learned
I will watch your name light up the room
And let it disappear without answering you

[Final Chorus]
At two seventeen, you remember me
When your room gets cold and your friends all leave
You type three words, then delete everything
At two seventeen, you remember me
But eight fifteen will come around
And you will put my memory down
You loved me in the dark, then lost me in the day
At two seventeen, I walked away

[Outro]
Two seventeen / Your name on my screen
Two seventeen / I let it ring

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