[Verse 1]
Concrete walls and fluorescent glare
I’m pushing gears while you breathe the air
Three states over, another night in a motel bed
Tracing the lines of a map in my head
The coffee is bitter, the morning is cold
Selling my hours, doing what I’m told
[Chorus]
But the clock on the wall doesn't turn back
I’m trading my days for a paper stack
I missed the first step, I missed the lost tooth
Spending my life just to pay for the truth
And the miles are long, and the bank is full
But my heart is heavy with the empty pull
[Verse 2]
There’s a photo taped to the mirror frame
I look at your faces and whisper your name
The kid is growing, I see it on the screen
A glitch in the data, a blurry routine
Buying the future with what I can spare
But I'm paying in absences, vanishing there
[Chorus]
'Cause the clock on the wall doesn't turn back
I’m trading my days for a paper stack
I missed the first step, I missed the lost tooth
Spending my life just to pay for the truth
And the miles are long, and the bank is full
But my heart is heavy with the empty pull
[Outro]
Counting the paychecks, counting the cost
Adding the moments that I’ve already lost
Just one more job
Just one more year
I'm nowhere near.