[Verse 1 - night section, intimate, close mic] Two in the morning, melody won’t quit Voice memo number twenty in my notes app, this is it Well… maybe not this one, but one of them’s a hit Gonna sleep when I’m famous which is why I’m still up Rewrote the bridge four times since dinner Then rewrote the whole thing from the top Made myself a deal, I’ll stop at midnight Okay one more hour Okay I won’t stop
[Pre-Chorus - three inner voices] Just one more line Okay one more verse The pre-chorus isn’t quite there yet and I— …it’s four AM.
[Chorus] All night Writing what I can’t say out loud All night Every word I find I can’t throw out All day Running every audition, every room, every pitch with a smile All night, all day Won’t stop till I’m Wheels Up
[Verse 2 - day section, slightly more uptempo] Wore the wrong shoes to the callback Pitched the song to someone on their phone Got three “we’ll be in touch” in one afternoon And one “this isn’t quite what we’re looking for… but close” Ate a granola bar between appointments Fixed my ponytail outside the door Told myself “you’ve done this a hundred times” Which was technically not true coz it felt like more
[Pre-Chorus] Just one more room One more try today I know I said that twelve callbacks ago but I— …wait. They called back.
[Chorus] All night Writing what I can’t say out loud All night Every word I find I can’t throw out All day Running every audition, every room, every pitch with a smile All night, all day Won’t stop till I’m Wheels Up
[Bridge - warmer, honest] I didn’t say it would be easy I didn’t think it’d take this long But something in the all night all day Feels less like grinding, more like where I belong
[Pre-Chorus - resolved, certain] Okay I see it Further than I was Too far in to wonder anymore if I— …I’m doing it.
[Chorus] All night Writing and writing no time for doubts All night Every word I’ve written made sense somehow All day Running every audition, every room, every pitch with a smile All night, all day Won’t stop till I’m Wheels Up
[Final Chorus - key lift] All night Writing what I couldn’t say before All night I’d write it all a hundred times more All day Every audition, every room, every no that says try some more All night, all day Won’t stop till I’m Wheels Up
[CODA - warm sway, fade] All night All day I’m not stopping now All night All day Almost there somehow All night All day Wheels up Let’s go.
[Outro]
[Spoken][***AFRAID][PANIC] “Ladies and gentlemen, the Captain has turned on the fasten seat belt sign as we are currently flying through some turbulence. Please return to your seats and make sure your seatbelts are secure — this might take a while…”