Track · Feb 16, 2026 · English
Day By Day (Still Not There)
Duration
4:16
Language
English
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Wake up
Same room
Same ceiling
Cracked phone
Scroll through everybody’s highlight reels
They’re buying flights
I’m buying instant meals
Smile in the mirror
Don’t believe it
Baggy hoodie
Bus stop
Blue air
Earpods in
Drowning out the office stairs
Clock-in beep feels like a dare
Like
“Is this really it?” (yeah)
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m tryna glow
Tryna grow
Tryna get there
But I’m stuck in these shoes
In this cheap chair
Every like I don’t get
Man
It stings
Still I
[Chorus]
Live it day by day
But it’s never enough
I want ‘em saying my name like I’m doing too much
I wanna walk in a room
Feel the side-eye burn
Have them whisper
“I’m jealous
” like I didn’t unlearn
All the doubt in my chest
All the mess back home
I’m just faking this flex on a cracked-up phone
Yeah
I’m living day by day
But I swear one day
They’ll say
“Damn
He’s doing good
”
While I’m still finding my way
[Verse 2]
Paycheck hit
Straight gone to the rent
Loose change
Loose ends
Broken ceiling vent
Wish I could post wins
Not just “on the grind”
Tryna outrun the version of me I left behind
Friends talk trips
I talk “someday”
They talk deals
I talk “on my way”
Heart doing laps but I stay in place
Smile like I’m fine
But it twitches on my face (hey)
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m tryna glow
Tryna grow
Tryna get there
Putting band-aids on a big tear
Every dream sounds loud in my headphones
While I
[Chorus]
Live it day by day
But it’s never enough
I want ‘em saying my name like I’m doing too much
I wanna walk in a room
Feel the side-eye burn
Have them whisper
“I’m jealous
” like I didn’t unlearn
All the doubt in my chest
All the mess back home
I’m just faking this flex on a cracked-up phone
Yeah
I’m living day by day
But I swear one day
They’ll say
“Damn
He’s doing good
”
And I’ll have more than a face I play
[Bridge]
If they knew how I shake when I hit “upload”
How I pace little lines in this narrow road
Would they still wanna trade for this skin I own?
Would they still say
“He’s up
”
If they saw me alone?
[Chorus]
‘Cause I live it day by day
And it’s never enough
But I keep saying my name like I’m hyping me up
I wanna walk in a room
Feel that side-eye burn
Hear ‘em mumble
“I’m jealous
” while I finally learn
That the doubt in my chest made this fire grow strong
Turned my “maybe one day” to a victory song
Yeah
I’m living day by day
But I swear one day
They’ll say
“Damn
He’s doing good
”
And I’ll believe it when they say it (oh)
Style
danceglitchyemotional edm with male vocals; swungexperimental drum patterns and pitch-bent leads. first verse rides a sparse pluck and distant vocal chops; pre-chorus brings detuned pads and rising white-noise swell. chorus hits with a bigsidechained synth stackbright top-lineand a dirtysyncopated bass. second half adds choppedpitched backing vocals and stutter edits for a pressuredmanic energy arcthen ends on a filteredlonely last hook.edmexperimental
Prompt
A song about living day by day wishing you cound do better than you are doing at the moment. Like something people would be like damn he’s doing good I’m kind of jealous , edm, experimental early 20 
Credits
Prompt by
popcountryartist
popcountryartistGeneratedFeb 16, 2026
ModelAria v5
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