3AM is a song by Matchbox Twenty, written by lead singer Rob Thomas. Thomas has stated that the songs lyrics are inspired by his feelings of helplessness and agony while he was caring for his mother who was battling cancer.
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Introduction:
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She says it's cold outside and hands me her raincoat
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She's always worried about things like that
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Well, she says it's all gonna end and it might as well be my fault
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And she only sleeps while it's raining
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And she screams and her voice is straining
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She says baby
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It's 3 AM, I must be lonely
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And she says baby
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Well, I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes
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And the rain's gonna wash away, I believe it
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She's got a little bit of something, God it's better than nothing
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And in her color portrait world she believes that she's got it all
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And she swears that the moon don't hang quite as high as it used to
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And she only sleeps when it's raining
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And she screams, and her voice is straining
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And she says baby
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It's 3 AM, I must be lonely
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Well, heaven she says baby
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Well, I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes
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And the rain's gonna wash away, I believe this
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She believes that life isn't made up of all that she used to
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And the clock on the wall has been stuck at three for days and days
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She thinks that happiness is a mat that sits on her doorway, yeah
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But outside it's stopped raining
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Yeah, she says baby
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Well, it's 3 AM, I must be lonely
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Well, heaven she says baby
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Well, I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes
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And the rain's gonna wash away, I believe...
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Well, it's 3 AM, I must be lonely
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Well, heaven she says baby
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Well, I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes