Lyrics of
3AM

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.

She says it's cold outside and hands me her raincoat
She's always worried about things like that
Well, she says it's all gonna end and it might as well be my fault
And she only sleeps while it's raining
And she screams and her voice is straining

She says baby
It's 3 AM, I must be lonely
And she says baby
Well, I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes
And the rain's gonna wash away, I believe it


She's got a little bit of something, God it's better than nothing
And in her color portrait world she believes that she's got it all
And she swears that the moon don't hang quite as high as it used to
And she only sleeps when it's raining
And she screams, and her voice is straining

And she says baby
It's 3 AM, I must be lonely
Well, heaven she says baby
Well, I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes
And the rain's gonna wash away, I believe this


She believes that life isn't made up of all that she used to
And the clock on the wall has been stuck at three for days and days
She thinks that happiness is a mat that sits on her doorway, yeah
But outside it's stopped raining

Yeah, she says baby
Well, it's 3 AM, I must be lonely
Well, heaven she says baby
Well, I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes
And the rain's gonna wash away, I believe
thi-is
Well, it's 3 AM, I must be lonely
Well, heaven she says baby
Well, I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes