Have you ever stared at the ceiling at 3 a.m., mind racing with regrets you can’t take back, haunted by words you wish you’d never spoken? Beau Anderson’s “Know by Now” captures that exact moment, the blurry space between heartbreak and self-destruction, with a sonic palette as heavy as the emotions it explores. This track is an experience of insomnia, longing, and bruised resilience wrapped in bruising alt-rock swagger.

From the first distorted riff, the guitar feels like a weight pressing you down, yet somehow coaxing your head to nod with its sludgy, hypnotic groove. Anderson, alongside collaborators Chase Brown and Zach Neal, builds an atmosphere that is both punishing and seductive. The drum pattern, a steady one-two, one-two-three-four march, drives the song like a heartbeat under duress, keeping you grounded as the lyrics swirl into darker and darker waters.

Lyrically, “Know by Now” is devastatingly intimate. Each verse takes place later in the night, at 3 a.m., 4 a.m., and 5 a.m., a brilliant narrative device that mirrors the creeping passage of time when you cannot sleep and cannot stop replaying your worst memories. Anderson’s confessions are raw and unvarnished, blending grief, anger, and despair into a chorus that is impossible not to sing along to. What makes it more powerful is the self-awareness baked into the writing, with the simultaneous pleading for someone to understand and the bitter realization that they probably never will.