Name: The Silence of 4am
Duration: P00H05M27S
Description: Those thoughts that wake you up in the early hours...

The Silence of 4am

from Freedom From a Rented Life by Karen McCabe

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Those thoughts that wake you up in the early hours...

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The Silence of 4am
Loud enough to wake you
The elephant in the room bellows loud at this time
Taps you on the shoulder
and demands your attention
Attention that you just don’t want to give.

When you feel the grief that is eating your soul on the quiet
When you know you’re down but you tell everyone you’re alright
You can’t bury your head in the the silence of 4am.

The silence of 4am
Loud enough to wake you
That discord that can’t be ignored, but you’ll try…

When it steals your sleep every night of the week it’s not fair
When you’re on the floor but pretend you enjoy being there
When you realise it’s every decision you’ve made got you here
By day you’re achieving and happy, at night you’re in tears
No denying yourself in the silence of 4am

Well you steal my sleep many nights of the week
Is it me…or you?
The heart sees one thing but the eyes another
Such beautiful confusion.

I’m observing all this, watching and learning
Try not to drown in the angsting and burning
as I would have done before I knew what I know now
Making sense of it all in the silence of 4am.

The silence of 4am - you can hear your own voice (loud enough to wake you)
The silence of 4am - you’ll find your memory (The elephant in the room bellows loud at this time)
The silence of 4am - it’s almost the morning (Taps you on the shoulder and demands your attention)
Dry those tears from out of nowhere, look forward to day.

It’s not dark everywhere…so why linger here?
In the silence of 4am.

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from Freedom From a Rented Life, released June 4, 2021
Written, performed and recorded by © Karen McCabe 2020
Track photography by Karen McCabe
Audio mixing by Matt Fleming at Minus Tone

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