Track 7 of the album Soft Launch · 2024
Can't Sit Still, Moon Is Up
by Veda Monroe
“Two a.m., counting cracks in the ceiling. I wrote it about my own bedroom and my own restless head.”
r&b · late-night r&b · hushed soul · 2:51
Lyrics
Two a.m. and the ceiling's got nothing to say I count the cracks in the paint, they count the days Feet on the floor, then back under the sheet My mind's on a highway with no end street Kettle's on low, the window's cracked wide City hums a tune that I can't quite ride Something's calling, I don't know the name Something's pulling, I'm not the same I can't sit still, the moon is up Heart's a little engine, running on a cup Of quiet and wondering, where does it go This itch in my feet, this glow, this slow I can't sit still, the moon is up Take me somewhere soft, take me somewhere enough Let the night road carry what I can't hold Restless and golden, restless and gold Put on my jacket, then I take it right off Look at the stairwell, hear the neighbor cough Phone lights up, but it's no one I need Just a little hope planting a seed Streetlamps blinking like they know my mind Telling me to wander, telling me to find Something's calling, I don't know the name Something's pulling, I'm not the same I can't sit still, the moon is up Heart's a little engine, running on a cup Of quiet and wondering, where does it go This itch in my feet, this glow, this slow I can't sit still, the moon is up Take me somewhere soft, take me somewhere enough Let the night road carry what I can't hold Restless and golden, restless and gold Maybe the leaving is only a walk Around the block, a little night talk With myself, with the stars, with the hum Of everything that's still to come I can't sit still, the moon is up Heart's a little engine, running on a cup Of quiet and wondering, where does it go This itch in my feet, this glow, this slow I can't sit still, the moon is up Take me somewhere soft, take me somewhere enough Let the night road carry what I can't hold Restless and golden, restless and gold Moon is up, moon is up Breathe it in, fill my cup