2AM

2AM

I get in from work at 2 AM and sit down with a beer
Turn on late night TV and then I wonder why I'm here
It's meaningless and trivial and it washes over me
And once again I wonder is this all there is for me

Here I am again, look at me again
Here I am again on my own
Trying hard to see what there is for me
Here I am again, on my own

Life seems so pathetic, I wish I could leave it all behind
This canvas chair, this bed, these walls that fall in on my mind
Hold on for something better that just drags you through the dirt
Do you just let go or carry on and try to take the hurt

Here I am again, look at me again
Here I am again on my own
Trying hard to see what there is for me
Here I am again, on my own

Alone again, alone again, I'm here on my own

(this song first appeared on Iron Maiden's X Factor album. I wrote these lyrics after finishing my late shift in Birmingham and arriving home in Tamworth at 2am. At that time things were not going well for me in my music career. A few months later I auditioned for Iron Maiden. I was chosen as the new singer. Janick Gers and I worked on this song together. It turned out to be good enough for the X Factor album).