Strapped

[Verse 1]
Half tank
Wallet thin
Neon OPEN sign keeps buzzing
Rain on my windshield
Asking
Takeout
Or one more mile
Do I feed this hunger in me
Or chase a rumor of a life
[Chorus]
Food or gas
Every night that coin keeps spinning
Live right now
Or crawl toward some imagined ending
Dark stranger things
In the corners of this quiet kitchen
Food or gas
Either way I pay to keep existing
[Verse 2]
Clock says
Almost two
Fridge light paints my face like moonlight
Bills piled like bad tattoos
Old songs
On the floor
Guitar case is a busted doorway
I don't step through anymore
[Chorus]
Food or gas
Every night that coin keeps spinning
Live right now
Or crawl toward some imagined ending
Dark stranger things
In the mirror when I keep pretending
Food or gas
Either way I pay to keep existing
[Bridge]
[Drums and cello build
Vocal rising]
If I stay
I starve in place
If I go
I starve on the way
If I drink to dull the taste
I just wake up one more day
So I scrape the plate
And I start the car
Every choice I make
Is a brand-new scar (oh oh)
[Chorus]
Food or gas
Hear the engine argue with my breathing
Live right now
Or trade another hour of grieving
Dark stranger things
In the silence where my faith is leaking
Food or gas
I just keep on choosing
Keep on leaving
[Outro]
[All instruments at full tilt
Then cut]
Half tank
Heart thin
I turn the key again
Again

Dark synth, hard toms, cello, acoustic electric guitar, medium build, folk, anti-folk,shamanic,male vocals