Cold Tea at 3AM

[intro]
Highlighter bleeding through the page
Kettle's cold, been cold for hours
Mm... yeah

[verse]
Three a.m., desk lamp buzzing low
Notes stacked up like they're building a fort
I read the same line, four times slow
The words just slide right off, cut short
My tea's been sitting since half past one
Lukewarm bitter, but I sip it anyway
Fairy lights strung above the window
The one bright thing I didn't lose today

[chorus]
Cold tea at 3 a.m., half the chapter done
Sticky notes like snow across my bed
I'll get there soon, I'll get there, hon
The quiet hum of everything unsaid
Cold tea at 3 a.m., my pen ran dry
One more page before I close my eyes

[verse]
Roommate's asleep, the fridge hums loud
I highlight half of everything I own
Some old playlist floating like a cloud
Beats that sound better when you're alone
Deadline's laughing from the calendar
But it feels far off in this yellow glow
I'll pay for this at nine, for sure
But right now this is all I know

[chorus]
Cold tea at 3 a.m., half the chapter done
Sticky notes like snow across my bed
I'll get there soon, I'll get there, hon
The quiet hum of everything unsaid
Cold tea at 3 a.m., my pen ran dry
One more page before I close my eyes

[bridge]
Maybe I'll remember this someday
Not the facts, just the lamp and the rain
Cold tea, bare feet, and a Tuesday
Gladly doing it all over again

[outro]
Cold tea... 3 a.m...
One more page... then I'm done
Then I'm done