I don't think
i can stay awake much longer
i don't think
you're coming home tonight

i think i'll
leave the porchlight on awhile
just in case
you find your way back home

the porchlight breaks
on the edges of the darkness

two a.m.
suits this desperate light

i'll just sit
for awhile and search the shadows
for hope that lives
at the edges of 2 am

for now i'll sit
and try to keep from sleeping
if i don't sleep
i won't wake and find you gone

another time
this evening would be lovely

another night
with you lying at my side

what sleeps at night
may not rise at morning
the love that dies
the death of 2 am

the night surrounds
the circle of the porchlight
the light for lovers broken
on the rocks of 2 am

i don't think
i can stay awake much longer
i don't think
you're coming home tonight