The Porch Light’s Off by DawnSuper358 - Zona

The Porch Light’s Off

The Porch Light’s Off

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Lyrics

[Intro]

Packed one bag, left the porch light on

Told you I’d be back before the winter was gone

[Verse 1]

I was counting down shifts in a rented room

Sending grocery money underneath the moon

You said the kids were fine, said the roof still held

While I learned your voice through a phone that swelled

With every quiet pause, every answer too neat

Every “nothing’s wrong” landing hard on the beat

I wore that hard hat, took the late-night train

Built our future brick by brick through the ache and rain

[Pre-Chorus]

But somebody knew your coffee order

Somebody stayed when I crossed that border

I was chasing overtime, trying to keep us fed

You were moving somebody else into the bed

[Chorus]

Now you want my money, not my name

Want the fruit from the tree you set aflame

You broke our home for a man from work

Then call me cruel when I show what hurt

I sent every dollar, every promise, every dime

You spent our forever in somebody else’s time

Don’t reach through the wreckage asking me to pay

You chose him in the daylight—choose the fallout today

[Verse 2]

He knew the hallway, knew the spare key

Knew the little red coat hanging by the entry

Knew the family pictures, knew where we kept the wine

While I was on a scaffold making your life mine

You said it was comfort, said you felt alone

Funny how his truck fit beside our home

Now the children ask why your story changed

Why your ring sits quiet in a kitchen drawer frame

I won’t paint you wicked, I won’t beg for proof

The receipts and the silence already tell the truth

[Pre-Chorus]

I was sending rent before the first of the month

You were sending hearts when the workday was done

Now the same hand reaching through the damage asks

For a transfer like betrayal comes with tax

[Chorus]

Now you want my money, not my name

Want the fruit from the tree you set aflame

You broke our home for a man from work

Then call me cruel when I show what hurt

I sent every dollar, every promise, every dime

You spent our forever in somebody else’s time

Don’t reach through the wreckage asking me to pay

You chose him in the daylight—choose the fallout today

[Bridge]

I’ll pay what belongs to the children, every need, every meal

But I won’t fund the life you chose because the guilt feels real

Keep the house, keep the promises you traded for a lie

I’ll take the road back home and learn to sleep at night

[Final Chorus]

You want my money, but you lost my trust

A family home turned to ashes and dust

You broke our name for a hand from work

Now you wear the silence of the damage and the hurt

I sent every dollar, every promise, every dime

You spent our forever in somebody else’s time

For the kids I’ll stand, but I won’t be your bank

You chose what you wanted—now live with what you sank

[Outro]

The porch light’s off

The bags are packed

I’m coming home for them

Not for what we had

Details

GeneratedSep 12, 2026

Duration3:29

LanguageEnglish

Style

bass-heavy cinematic trap rap, minor-key piano fragments, thick sub bass and clipped 808s, tight punchy drums, sparse verses with tense pauses, hook expands with distorted low end and wide pads, gritty male rap vocal with controlled anger, intimate dry verses and larger hook, polished modern mix

Credits

Prompt byDawnSuper358

ModelAria v6

Prompt

Heavy bass, heartbreak about working away while she gets close too and breaks the family home for a work colleague. Now she wants your money too., rap

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