4:20 a.m. by DCBROOKS - Zona

4:20 a.m. by DCBROOKS - Zona

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

[soft breathy tone]

It’s 4:23,

I’ve been staring at the fan

[slight sigh in voice]

Making shapes out of the spinning

Like it’s gonna tell me who I am.

[barely sung, almost spoken]

I took too much again,

Just wanted to feel less,

But now I can’t even cry—

[soft head voice]

Guess that’s still progress.

[Pre-Chorus]

[gentle hum builds tension]

Why’s it so quiet

When my brain’s so loud?

Every thought just drips like wax

But I can’t put the candle out.

[silent inhale]

[Chorus]

[falsetto float]

I’m too high to feel it,

Too gone to care,

[echo breath]

Laying in this empty bed

Like there’s no one there.

[soft harmony hum under “miss you”]

I don’t even miss you,

I don’t even try—

[ghostly harmony on “floating”]

I don’t feel broken,

Just floating in the high.

[quieter, almost whispering]

Is this what peace is,

Or did I disappear?

I’m too high to sleep,

Too numb to shed a tear.

[Verse 2]

[spoken-sung tone, dazed]

Used to dream in color,

Now it’s all grayscale.

Eyes open, heart shut,

Even memories feel pale.

[slow drag between lines]

Wanna scream, but I hum,

Wanna run, but I sway—

[pitched inhale]

A puppet made of smoke

That fades if you look my way.

[Pre-Chorus]

[sustained hum on “echo”]

These walls don’t echo,

They just watch me fold.

[flat, disillusioned tone]

I’m not scared of the silence,

I’m just scared I’m getting old.

[Chorus]

[crack in voice on “feel it”]

I’m too high to feel it,

Too gone to care,

Laying in this empty bed

Like there’s no one there.

[low hum under “miss you”]

I don’t even miss you,

I don’t even try—

I don’t feel broken,

Just floating in the high.

[delayed breath between lines]

Is this what peace is,

Or did I disappear?

I’m too high to sleep,

Too numb to shed a tear.

[Bridge]

[soft whisper, shaky breath]

Will I come down,

Or did I let go?

[voice tremble]

Will I wake up,

Or just dissolve slow?

Can’t tell if I’m healing

Or losing what’s left—

[small vocal crack]

Can’t even feel the weight

On my chest...

[Final Chorus – fragile falsetto]

I’m too high to feel it,

Too gone to care,

[long exhale before “halos”]

Tracing halos in the air

Like there’s something there.

[gentle echo harmonies]

I don’t even miss you,

I don’t even try—

Maybe that’s the reason

I still feel high.

[Outro – nearly spoken, fading breath]

No dreams, no fears,

Just the hum in my ear...

[whispered]

I’m too high to sleep,

And too far to be near.