2:17 A.M

Clock stuck on 2:17
Same four walls, same old dream
Phone lights up but it’s not you
Guess I always kinda knew

Sink full of things I can’t fix
Bills and doubt and broken bits
I laugh it off in daylight
But everything gets loud at night

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Pre-Chorus
I keep telling myself I’m fine
But silence don’t lie

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Chorus
It’s 2:17 and I’m wide awake
Counting every risk I didn’t take
Every version of me I could’ve been
Spinning circles in my head again

I swear I’m trying, I really am
But life don’t go the way you plan
And I don’t know where I fit in
At 2:17

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Verse 2
Used to think I’d have it mapped
Now I’m just trying not to crack
Everybody moving fast
Feels like I got left in the past

Mirror says “you’re doing fine”
But it don’t see inside my mind
I’m running out of pretty lies
To dress up all these why’s

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Pre-Chorus
Maybe I’m just in between
Who I was and who I’ll be

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Chorus
It’s 2:17 and I’m wide awake
Counting every risk I didn’t take
Every version of me I could’ve been
Spinning circles in my head again

I swear I’m trying, I really am
But life don’t go the way you plan
And I don’t know where I fit in
At 2:17

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Bridge (soft → build)
What if I’m not too late?
What if this don’t define my fate?
What if all this pressure breaks
And something good remains?

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Final Chorus (slight hope)
It’s 2:17 but maybe that’s okay
Maybe I don’t need it all today
Maybe every road I didn’t take
Still leads me somewhere I can stay

I’m still trying, I still am
Learning life ain’t just a plan
Maybe I’ll find where I fit in…
After 2:17

Alt-pop / indie pop with soft piano + atmospheric production, female