Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] Rent day hits like a judge Bills piled high on the counter The fridge light hums on empty And the week keeps getting narrower They smile on the screen Say the squeeze is for the people But my plate is getting smaller While their hands stay clean and legal [Pre-Chorus] We work, we wait We break, they take Every paycheck, every breath Caught in the same trap [Chorus] It’s a chokehold scam Tax us to the bone We can’t even live Can’t even make it home It’s a chokehold scam Tell me who’s to blame (Who’s to blame?) We’re burning for a life They keep selling us pain [Verse 2] Bus stops packed at dawn Eyes low, hands full of nothing Another price goes up And the hope feels like it’s crumbling They call it a system But it feeds on our exhaustion While the ones up top keep laughing Behind a wall of their own fortune [Pre-Chorus] We work, we wait We break, they take Every paycheck, every breath Caught in the same trap [Chorus] It’s a chokehold scam Tax us to the bone We can’t even live Can’t even make it home It’s a chokehold scam Tell me who’s to blame (Who’s to blame?) We’re burning for a life They keep selling us pain [Bridge] Hands up, we’re not blind We see the trick, we see the wire Names on every door But they never feel the fire If we stand as one They can’t keep us in the dark Say it loud, say it now We were never built to fall apart [Final Chorus] It’s a chokehold scam Tax us to the bone We can’t even live Can’t even make it home It’s a chokehold scam We’re done playing safe (we’re done) We’re taking back our lives From the hands that fed on hate
Tags
K-pop dark pop ballad with anime-emotional lift, mid-tempo swing and half-time chorus punch; verse stays intimate on soft synths, piano, guitar, and lonely violin motifs, pre-chorus tightens with layered harmonies and rising percussion, chorus opens huge with stacked vocals and a ringing hook. Breathy close-mic leads, doubled lines, ad-lib echoes, reverse swells, crackling transition hits, glossy but shadowy mix., j-pop, k-pop, emotional, dark ambient, ballad, anime, pop, violin, soft
Duration
2:59
Instrumental
No
Created
4/22/2026