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4:30 IN THE MORNING [Verse 1 — Acoustic Guitar, low and bare] My brother called me crying, said he couldn’t take no more Said the darkness had been knocking like it owned his front door He told ’em he was hurting, but they laughed it off instead Called him crazy, called him weak, said it was all inside his head He tried to disappear from this world more than once But somehow God kept reaching when he thought he had enough An ambulance came running when his heartbeat almost stopped But nobody came running when he first told ’em he was lost [Pre-Chorus — Piano enters] And I wish I would’ve known How close he was to gone Sometimes a man says “I’m hurting” And everybody hears “move on” [Chorus — Full Country-Rock, Electric Guitar + Drums] At 4:30 in the morning, my phone lit up his name He said, “Brother, are you up? I don’t know how much I can take” I saw that message later, God, I swear I would’ve called But I was sleeping through the moment That could’ve changed it all Now every time my phone rings I pray it ain’t that call ‘Cause the next morning they told me My brother wasn’t here at all And I keep asking Heaven If he heard me when I cried ‘Cause I would’ve told him, “Brother, You were worth another night.” [Verse 2 — Acoustic + Violin] They made a joke about depression when he begged somebody, “Please” He was drowning in his own mind while they told him, “Just breathe” He wore a smile for everybody while his soul was coming loose And the people he was begging never saw what he was going through He said death looked like an answer when he couldn’t find a way But nobody should have to scream that loud just to have somebody stay [Pre-Chorus — Piano builds] I would’ve sat beside him Till the morning turned to light I would’ve held him through the shaking I would’ve stayed all night [Chorus — Bigger] At 4:30 in the morning, my phone lit up his name He said, “Brother, are you up? I don’t know how much I can take” I saw that message later, God, I swear I would’ve called But I was sleeping through the moment That could’ve changed it all Now every time my phone rings I pray it ain’t that call ‘Cause the next morning they told me My brother wasn’t here at all And I keep asking Heaven If he heard me when I cried ‘Cause I would’ve told him, “Brother, You were worth another night.” [Bridge — Piano and Violin, almost whispered] If I could go back to that night I’d never let that silence win I’d tell him, “You ain’t a burden, You ain’t broken, let me in.” I’d tell him, “All those people who made jokes about your pain Don’t get to write the ending to a story they couldn’t understand.” And if Heaven has a doorway where the lost ones disappear I hope somebody met him there and told him I was here [Instrumental Break — Electric Guitar + Violin] [Final Chorus — Full Band, emotional vocal] At 4:30 in the morning, I wish I would’ve stayed awake I wish I’d picked up that phone before it was too late I would’ve said, “I love you, brother, you don’t gotta fight alone” I would’ve traded every tomorrow just to bring you home Now there’s an empty chair beside me and your picture on the wall And I still talk to you sometimes even though you can’t call If anybody’s out there hurting thinking nobody would care Please know somebody’s listening Somebody’s waiting somewhere [Outro — Acoustic Guitar + Piano] Four-thirty in the morning… I still hear that phone ring. And if I could answer one more time… I’d tell my brother everything. “You were never too broken. You were never too much. You were loved more than you knew… I just wish you’d stayed long enough to feel it.”