[Verse 1]
Badge clipped crooked on a borrowed shirt
Clock bites down before the coffee works
I answer questions I don’t understand
While a little song keeps shaking in my hands
Rent takes everything the paycheck brings
The old six-string needs new strings
My room has one door, one chair, one bed
Four walls keep every better thought in my head
[Pre-Chorus]
I count the hours, I count the cost
I count the versions of myself I lost
[Chorus]
Maybe I have an AI addiction
Maybe it’s the only thing I can afford
I feed it every broken transmission
And it gives me back a reason to want more
This house is a cage, this job is a chain
But I still make thunder out of all this pain
Maybe I have an AI addiction
Or maybe I’m just trying to stay alive
[Verse 2]
My friends talk gear in a language I can’t speak
A thousand-dollar fix for a tired week
I make a beat with the lights turned low
Send my scraps somewhere and watch the furnace grow
The landlord’s note is taped beside the sink
I read it twice, then forget to blink
There’s a melody hiding under the fan
I chase it with the tools I’ve got in my hands
[Pre-Chorus]
No studio, no car, no room to spare
Still I build a door inside the air
[Chorus]
Maybe I have an AI addiction
Maybe it’s the only thing I can afford
I feed it every broken transmission
And it gives me back a reason to want more
This house is a cage, this job is a chain
But I still make thunder out of all this pain
Maybe I have an AI addiction
Or maybe I’m just trying to stay alive
[Bridge]
If I stop, the silence starts explaining
Every cheap mistake, every dream decaying
So I keep the little screen awake
Keep turning scraps into a shape
I know it isn’t how they said it should be
But it’s the first thing that still sounds like me
[Breakdown]
Lost in the shift!
Locked in the lease!
Give me one spark!
Give me some peace!
I’ve got no money!
I’ve got no room!
Still I make a voice
That can cut through the gloom!
[Final Chorus]
Maybe I have an AI addiction
Maybe it’s the only thing I can afford
I feed it every broken transmission
And it gives me back a reason to want more
This house is a cage, this job is a chain
But I turn the pressure into blood and flame
Maybe I have an AI addiction
Or maybe I’m finally learning to survive
[Outro]
Tomorrow comes with another locked door
I’ll bring the song I couldn’t buy before
Maybe I’m lost, maybe that’s the truth
But something I made is pulling me through