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Cover of Can't Sit Still, Moon Is Up

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