[**Clock ticking]
[Verse 1] 1 in the morning, the ceiling hasn’t changed Same four walls, same circuit in my brain I used to fight this - used to hate the way My mind kept running every scene again But tonight I let it go Tonight I stop the clock Tonight I’m staying in the replay All the way until it drops
[Pre-Chorus][**Clock ticking] Because what if I had paused a second longer What if I had read the room What if I had said the one thing that I almost said Before I walked right through
[Chorus][Harmonies][**Clock ticking] In the heat of the night My mind builds a thousand other ways this went In the heat of the night I live every version I was never meant to The one where I stayed The one where I ran The one where I finally understand In the heat of the night I’m running every plan
[Verse 2][**Clock ticking] Insomnia used to be my enemy Turns out it was just waiting for permission To show me all the roads I didn’t take And ask me what changed the composition Version A - I said the thing Version B - I didn’t go Version C - I picked up when you called me And everything that followed, I don’t know
[Pre-Chorus][**Clock ticking] Because what if I had paused 5 seconds longer What if I had read the room - better What if I had said the four things that I almost said Before I ran right through
[Chorus][Harmonies][**Clock ticking] In the heat of the night My mind builds a thousand other ways this went In the heat of the night I live every version I was never meant to The one where I stayed The one where I ran The one where I finally understand In the heat of the night I’m running every plan
[Bridge][**Clock ticking] Morning’s coming and I’ll have to choose Which version of last night feels most true The one that makes me softer The one that makes me strong The one that finally lets me Write a different song
[Final Chorus - key lift]Harmonies][**Clock ticking] In the heat of the night I found the multiverse between the hours In the heat of the night I tried on every road I could have taken The one where I stayed The one where I ran The one where I finally understand In the heat of the night I chose this version In the heat of the night I chose this version In the heat of the night In the heat of the night In the heat of the night And I’m running it again —