(Intro - detuned synth drone, muffled bass pulse, spoken, half-whispered) 3 a.m. and the ceiling's starin' back at me again Every worry from the day linin' up to enter in Tried countin' sheep, tried countin' breaths, tried countin' every star Ended up just talkin' to the dark, prayin' where you are... (Verse 1) Anxiety don't clock out when the sun goes down and rests It just changes shape, gets louder, fills up every empty breath Layin' there replayin' every conversation from the day Every "what if," every worry that I couldn't push away Used to think that prayer needed candles, needed quiet, needed peace Didn't know it could be messy, didn't know it could be weak Didn't know I could just whisper into darkness, half-asleep And still have Someone listenin', still have Someone hear me speak (Pre-Chorus) Don't need perfect words to pray, don't need to have it figured out Just need to open up my chest and let the worry out He's not sleepin' when I'm not, He's not far when it gets late (Chorus) These are prayers in the dark, prayers I can barely speak Prayers that sound more like a sigh than anything complete But He hears the ones we whisper just as loud as ones we shout He's not waitin' for perfection, He's just waitin' for us out So I'll pray here in the shadows, pray here when the fear feels real He's not scared of 3 a.m., He's not scared of how I feel (Verse 2) Lost sleep over things I couldn't fix, over people I couldn't save Lost sleep prayin' over diagnoses, prayin' over an early grave Watched the clock flip through the hours, watched the numbers climb up high Learned to talk to God in fragments, learned to pray without a why Sometimes it was just His name, over and over, quiet and slow Sometimes it was just tears fallin', more than words could ever show But I started noticin' a pattern, started noticin' the peace Wasn't always instant, wasn't always fast or a quick release But it came, it always came, maybe not the way I planned Just a quiet kind of steady, just a presence, just a hand (Bridge - synth drone thins out almost to silence, single piano note enters, vocals soft) If you're up right now like I've been, starin' at the ceiling too Countin' worries 'stead of sheep, not sure what else to do You don't need the perfect prayer, you don't need to have it planned Just open up your chest right now, just reach out for the hand He's awake, He's always awake, He don't need His rest like us He's sittin' with you in the dark, right now, right here, right now (Final Chorus - piano melody fully present now, drone softens, gentle drums enter for the first time) These are prayers in the dark, prayers I can barely speak Prayers that sound more like a sigh than anything complete But He hears the ones we whisper just as loud as ones we shout He's not waitin' for perfection, He's just waitin' for us out So I'll pray here in the shadows, pray here when the fear feels real He's not scared of 3 a.m., He's not scared of how I feel (How I feel... how I feel...) (Outro - piano alone, drone fading completely, one final line) Even in the dark... especially in the dark... You hear me.
