“Until I Bleed Out” describes the end of Abel’s journey throughout After Hours, with the record’s ending signifying that Abel’s body has run out of blood. He has given every last ounce of effort and emotion he can to the ventures he has undergone over the course of the record’s track listing, leaving him unable to keep pushing further for his relationship that he constantly talks about on the record.
The song title may relate to the album’s concept and journey through Las Vegas, where all of the visual references released in the rollout of After Hours (excluding the cover arts of the first two singles) feature Abel bloody and injured.
The track was first previewed in a snippet on March 18, 2020 posted to his social media accounts that was revealed to be the track by music-identifying app Shazam.
A music video for the track was released on April 7, 2020.
Lyrics of Until I Bleed Out
I can't move, I'm so paralyzed
I'm so paralyzed
And I can't explain why I'm terrified
I'm so terrified
Well, I don't wanna touch the sky no more
I just wanna feel the ground when I'm coming down
It's been way too long
And I don't even wanna get high no more
I just want it out of my life
Out of my life, out
I wanna cut you outta my dreams
'Til I'm bleeding out
'Til I'm bleeding
I wanna cut you outta my mind
'Til I'm bleeding out
'Til I'm bleeding
I wanna cut you outta my dreams, oh
Woah, I'm bleeding out
Girl, I'm bleeding
I wanna cut you outta my mind
'Cause I'm bleeding out
Oh, I'm bleeding
Girl, I'm bleeding
I keep telling myself I don't need it
I keep telling myself I don't need it anymore
I keep telling myself I don't need it anymore
Need it anymore