2:45 AM

by Elliott Smith

From the album: Either / Or

Track 11 of 12 on Either / Or (1997).

Duration: 3:18

Either / Or cover art

Lyrics for 2:45 AM

You're going out sleepwalking Where mute memories start talking The boss that couldn't help but hurt you And the pretty thing you made desert you I'm going out like a baby A naive, unsatisfiable baby Grabbin' onto whatever's around For the soaring high or the crushing down With hidden cracks that don't show But that constantly just grow I'm lookin' for the man that attacked me While everybody was laughin' at me You beat it in me, that part of you But I'm gonna split us back in two Tired of livin' in a cloud If you're gonna say shit now, you'll do it out loud It's 2:45 in the morning And I'm putting myself on warning For waking up in an unknown place With a recollection you half-erased Lookin' for somebody's arms To wave away past harms walking out on center circle The both of you can just fade to black I'm walking out on center circle Been pushed away and I'll never go back

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