Over the Cliff with the Joneses by Michael Nickerson - Zona

Over the Cliff with the Joneses

Track · Apr 10, 2026 · English

Over the Cliff with the Joneses

Michael Nickerson

Duration

3:34

Language

English

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Neighbor’s got a brand-new car

Polished chrome

But the tank feels dark

Smiling wide with a maxed-out card

Chasing sparks in an empty yard

Scroll

Scroll

Every perfect frame

Same house

Same dog

Same last name

Everybody running one same race

Same tight shoes on a stranger’s pace

[Chorus]

If you keep up with the Joneses

Tell me what you do when they go over the cliff

Follow them down in a cloud of smoke

Or cut that rope and learn to live

I don’t wanna be one more ghost in the traffic

I’m done with the plastic script

If you keep up with the Joneses

You’re going over the cliff

[Verse 2]

Mom says

“Kid

Get a safer job”

Dead-eyed boss and a coffee clock

Best friend lost on the ladder climb

High as hell

But he hates his life

So I burned that blueprint

Tore that page

Took my fear

Turned it into rage

Bought one ticket on a busted train

Heading straight for my own strange flame (yeah)

[Chorus]

If you keep up with the Joneses

Tell me what you do when they go over the cliff

Follow them down in a cloud of smoke

Or cut that rope and learn to live

I don’t wanna be one more ghost in the traffic

I’m done with the plastic script

If you keep up with the Joneses

You’re going over the cliff

[Bridge]

I’d rather crawl on my knees through the dirt

Than fly first class to a life that hurts

I’d rather break my heart on my choice

Than choke on a borrowed voice (hey!)

[Chorus]

If you keep up with the Joneses

Tell me what you do when they go over the cliff

Follow them down in a cloud of smoke

Or cut that rope and learn to live

I’ll take broke and brave over rich and tragic

I’ll take weird and wild over pale and stiff

If you keep up with the Joneses

You’re going over the cliff

I’d rather lose it all for my own real madness

Than die in their script

If you keep up with the Joneses

You’re going over the cliff

Style

rockcrunchy modern rock with a tight 4-piece bandmale vocals. verses sit in a mid-tempopalm-muted groove that builds tension; choruses explode with open chordsgang shouts on key linesand a driving kick-snare pattern. bridge drops to half-time with ambient feedback swellsthen kicks back in for a bigshout-along final hook.

Prompt

If you try to "keep up with the jones'" what do you do when they go over a cliff so it's better to follow your own happiness, rock

Credits

Prompt byMichael Nickerson

GeneratedApr 10, 2026

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