[Intro]
House shoes by the front door
Deadline glowing on my screen
Half a verse in a coffee stain notebook
All the things I said I’d be
[Verse 1]
I been scrolling through the ghosts in my messages
Reading every blue tick like a sentencing
Told my mom I’m doing fine, that’s a sedative
Heart beat boom like a drum, still tentative
I pour the guilt on the counter with the empty cups
Tell myself “another year” then I level up
Same song, same couch, same ceiling fan
Same prayers, same doubts, same shaking hands
[Chorus]
Midnight in C minor
All my fears sing louder than me
I keep chasing some high, some higher
Still I’m tripping on the same old dream
If I break, will I break through?
Or just break down like I always do?
Midnight in C minor
Trying to find a better key
[Verse 2]
Dad text, “Son, you good?” I left it on read
‘Cause I don’t even know the answer in my own head
Friends say I’m on the verge, yeah they call it “next”
But they never see the verse that I never send
I got a mirror that remembers who I used to be
Little kid with a plan, such a simple thing
Now every plan need a plan just to make it breathe
Every breath feel borrowed like it ain’t for me
[Bridge]
I been running from the quiet
Scared of what I might hear
Every sigh, every riot
In the space between my ears
If I stay, if I face it [crescendo]
Let the flood hit, let it hit my chest
Maybe pain ain’t a cage, it’s a door
That I never tried to press
[Chorus]
Midnight in C minor
[Chorus]