[Intro]
Twenty-six
Eyes feel wired, brain feels sick
Scroll at 3 a.m. till it all turns static
Still gotta show up, fake automatic
[Verse 1]
I am 26 but how the freak I feel so old
Back hurts, backlogged
Heart feels over-sold
Group chat muted, all my plans postponed
Paycheck pending, dreams stayed on hold
I am 26 but how the freak I get that low
Wake up, same bed
Same stain on the floor
Same phone, same void
Same loop on repeat
“Maybe next week”
Talk cheap, talk cheap
[Pre-Chorus]
Calendar full of things I skip
Lying to myself like “this is it”
Tell me why my knees sound like sticks
Tell me why my brain just glitches, glitches
[Chorus]
I am 26 but how the freak I feel so old?
(I do not know, I do not know)
I am 26 but how the freak I can get that low?
(I do not know, I do not know)
I am 26 but I’m still gonna blow
Count me in, then watch me go
[Build]
Hands up high, let the doubts all shake
[distorted vocal] “I do not know” till the speakers break
Heartbeat racing like a turbo glow
Three, two, one, then—
[Drop]
I am 26 but I will gonna blow
[//BASS DROP//]
[glitched vocal chops] “twenty-six… twenty-six… too old… too cold… let go…”
[half-time bounce, heavy wobble bass]
Blow, blow, blow, blow
[Verse 2]
Sleep-deprived, still alive, on the edge of a laugh
Dark eyes, dark lines, still I’m doing the math
If I’m washed at this age, what’s the plan at thirty-four?
Kick the doubt like a door, leave it dead on the floor
I been paying in attention, debt still due
Scroll through success, feel see-through
But I’m done playing victim to that view
I’m the glitch in the script breaking right on cue
[Pre-Chorus]
Calendar full, now I show up lit
Same old fear but the flame don’t quit
“Too late, too tired” — that tape, I rip
Turn that drag into rocket lift
[Chorus]
I am 26 but how the freak I feel so old?
(I do not know, I do not know)
I am 26 but how the freak I can get that low?
(I do not know, I do not know)
I am 26 but I’m still gonna blow
Count me in, then watch me go
[Build]
Head down, then we lift that chin
[whispered] “I do not know” as the lights fade in
Every little doubt gets tossed in the glow
Three, two, one, then—
[Drop]
I am 26 but I will gonna blow
[//BASS DROP//]
[robotic chant] “twenty-six… not old… explode… reload…”
Let the whole floor shake when the truth unloads
I am 26 but I will gonna blow