Here Comes the Cat Again

Verse 1

Three in the morning the clock ticks like a slow drip

I have memorized the ceiling's every crack and every chip

Sleep is a woman who left years ago

And never sent a forwarding address

So I lie here wide awake and count the ways I failed the day

Pre-Chorus

Then the door creaks open soft

Something fat and furry walks across my chest

Chorus

Here comes the cat again

Here comes the cat again

She wants her dinner at the hour that I want my rest

Here comes the cat again

Here comes the cat again

I have not slept since 2017 and I never will

Post-Chorus

Meow meow meow

Meow meow meow

Verse 2

She sits upon my ribcage like a tiny warm boulder

Then she kneads my shoulder blade with needles on her toes

I could shove her off

I could rise and lock the door

But we both know who owns this house

And it was never me

Pre-Chorus

So I stare into the dark

And I listen to her purr like a small cruel engine

Chorus

Here comes the cat again

Here comes the cat again

She wants her dinner at the hour that I want my rest

Here comes the cat again

Here comes the cat again

I have not slept since 2017 and I never will

Post-Chorus

Meow meow meow

Meow meow meow

Bridge

Doctor says it is the stress

Mother says it is the phone

I say it is the animal who will not leave me alone

She is not sorry

She will never be sorry

She is fed and I am hollow

Chorus

Here comes the cat again

Here comes the cat again

She wants her dinner at the hour that I want my rest

Here comes the cat again

Here comes the cat again

I have not slept since 2017 and I never will

Post-Chorus

Meow meow meow

Meow meow meow