Too Loud to Sleep

Verse 1 Old kitchen chair in the aisle Cracked vinyl under my thumb Bus engine low like breathing But my head won’t come undone Curtain pulled halfway closed Highway bleeding through Everyone’s dead asleep Except me and the hum Pre-Chorus The noise won’t leave The noise won’t leave Chorus Too loud to sleep Head still ringing Too loud to sleep Silence stings Verse 2 “You’ll get used to it,” they said Like it’s just first-year nerves But the dark feels louder Than all the words I’ve heard Stage lights still in my eyes Even when they’re gone I close them tight But the night stays on Pre-Chorus The noise won’t leave The noise won’t leave Chorus Too loud to sleep Head still ringing Too loud to sleep Silence stings Bridge Chair leg scrapes the metal floor Somebody shifts, then still I count the cracks above my head Try to make my pulse be still Part of me loves the volume Part of me hates the drop I don’t know how to shut it off I don’t know how to stop Final Chorus Too loud to sleep Head still ringing Too loud to sleep Silence stings Too loud to sleep Bus keeps humming Too loud to sleep Morning’s coming