Breathe 4 AM

by T'Poptarts

Trip/T'Pol. Filk to the tune of Anna Nalick's Breathe 2 AM, because that song got stuck in my head after reading 2Distracted's Breathe 2 am : T'Pol's Reprise filk and it just wouldn't go away. It's Trip's POV in the episode Home. Or a wild stretch of it.

Breathe (4 AM)

By: T'Poptarts
Disclaimer: Paramount
Spoilers: "Home"

Filk to the tune of Anna Nalick's "Breathe (2 AM)", because that frelling song got stuck in my head after reading 2Distracted's "Breathe 2 am : T'Pol's Reprise" filk and it just wouldn't go away. It's Trip's POV in the episode "Home". Or a wild stretch of it...

A/N: What is it with a sleep deprived Trip that's so fun to make fun of?? I already had him all sleep deprived in my "Family, Take 2" and "He's an Engineer" fics...

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Breathe (4 AM)

4 o'clock in the morning, a knock on the door
I've been up in ridiculous hours before
But this time it's not on my list of expectations
4 AM and she opens the door, "rise and shine,
I 'forgot' to have mentioned this custom of mine"
What a wonderful way to begin my vacation

So I hope you don't mind if I ask your permission
For just one more hour, the hell with tradition
Please let me stay in my warm comfy bed
I just wanna lay down my head
And breathe... just breathe
Oh breathe... just breathe

4 AM - are you CRAZY?? I'm sleeping like dead
Let's blow breakfast and snuggle together in bed
I don't snore and we've done it before, you remember
But she stands there and stares at my hairy bare chest
Great, I HAVE to get up now, at least to get dressed
Or that look in T'Pol's eyes will haunt me forever

Well it might just be one man's exhausted reaction
But this planet's whacked, how do they even function?
If this is logic it's flawed, I'm afraid...
I just wanna lay down my head
And breathe... just breathe
Oh breathe... just breathe

Yeah I know you expect me to run by your clocks
But I need my eight hours, I'm no Doctor Phlox
Have you ever tried brunch? It's a wonderful thing.
Have you ever heard of sleeping in?

So I'm up and about and it's so hard to keep
My eyes open, I wish I could go back to sleep
If I'm not only dreaming this whole thing already
It's no dream, it's 4:30 AM and I think
I'm so tired, I'll probably drop if I blink
But that's not gonna satisfy Polly's old lady

There is nothing like mothers to dial up the stress
And like every good Vulcan, she's hard to impress
Next time I'll visit my brother instead
'Cause he'd let me lay down my head
And breathe... just breathe
Oh breathe... just breathe