Nighttime Is My Time
Van Gogh's Grandsons
Night Owl Solitude · Neurodivergent Decompression · Mid-Tempo Synth Pop
#VERSE
“Why, why, why ya gotta stay up so late?”
That’s what I asked my girlfriend Cassie
At breakfast today
She yawned, unable to comprehend
The question I was asking
Morning is not her friend
#PRE-CHORUS
I stared for a moment
Then asked once more
“You were up till four AM, babe
But what the hell for?”
She rubbed her eyes, grinned
And mumbled a retort…
#CHORUS
Nighttime is my time
Just the starry sky and me
I sit on the picnic table
My time for privacy
Nighttime is…
My time
#INSTRUMENTAL
#VERSE
I said, “All this year you’ve messed up your sleep
Your brain’s on a bucking bronco
Instead of counting cute sheep”
Cassie rolled her eyes at my drab analogy
And said, “I get energized
When my thoughts can run free”
#PRE-CHORUS
I stared at her again
And then pondered out loud
“Babe, your four-star day-gig rating
Is drifting way down”
She yawned once more, slapped her head
And spoke clear and proud
#CHORUS
Nighttime is my time
Just the starry sky and me
I sit on the picnic table
My time for privacy
Typing chapters on my laptop
Of the novels I conceive
Giving birth to tales of crime
’Cause nighttime is my time
Nighttime is…
My time
#BRIDGE
I pointed to some printed pages
She had laid beside my plate
I said, “Cassie, I skimmed these
And the plot’s really great
You dream of your novels
Creating cash for you and me
I admire what you’re doing
But please live in reality”
#INSTRUMENTAL
#VERSE
Now Cassie stared at me with watery eyes
Like streetlamps bouncing off the lake
Under Cassie’s nighttime skies
She said, “Oh, my lover, you don’t understand
It’s not about the money
It’s my sanity plan”
#PRE-CHORUS
She said…
“Daytime overwhelms me
Humans magnify my stress
I always read the room wrong
Put my foot in my mouth, I’m a social mess
Airing my mind outside at night
Is how I decompress”
#CHORUS
Nighttime is my time
Just the starry sky and me
I sit on the picnic table
My time for privacy
Typing chapters on my laptop
Of the novels I conceive
Giving birth to tales of crime
’Cause nighttime is my time
Nighttime is…
My time
#OUTRO
Sleep can wait while I clear my mind
’Cause nighttime is my time
Nighttime is my time
Nighttime is my time
Nighttime is…
My time
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