Nightmares On Credit

[Verse 1]
Woke up tired in the same old sweat
Red letters on the door, past-due threats
Landlord knocking like a countdown clock
Smile for the camera while they pick the lock
Scroll through bodies, bodies, headlines
Laughter over livestreams, crossed lines
Prayers in the comments, cheap and flat
They type "thoughts" then forget where I'm at (yeah)
[Chorus]
Life is a nightmare, eyes wide open
Heart on empty, credit frozen
Nobody cares if we sink, we choke
We just tread water in the poison smoke
Life is a nightmare, crooked system
Talk of hope but the math goes missing
They don't see us when we break, when we beg
Just price tags hanging off our legs (off our legs)
[Verse 2]
Mom calls crying, says the lights went out
Debt collectors sing a lullaby of doubt
Boss says "family" with a fake kind grin
Then cuts our hours, blames the profit trend
Kids in cages on my TV screen
Politicians feeding on the meat between
Every promise is a sharpened blade
Cut our future just to get their raise (yeah)
[Chorus]
Life is a nightmare, eyes wide open
Heart on empty, credit frozen
Nobody cares if we sink, we choke
We just tread water in the poison smoke
Life is a nightmare, crooked system
Talk of hope but the math goes missing
They don't see us when we break, when we beg
Just price tags hanging off our legs (off our legs)
[Bridge]
If the world burns, would they sell the flames?
Slap a brand deal on our last remains (hey)
Tell us work harder, call it fate
While they sip clean water at the golden gate
[Chorus]
Life is a nightmare, eyes wide open
Heart on empty, credit frozen
Nobody cares if we sink, we choke
We just tread water in the poison smoke
Life is a nightmare, crooked system
Talk of hope but the math goes missing
They don't see us when we break, when we beg
Just price tags hanging off our legs (off our legs)

rap, Dark trap with male vocals; distorted 808s and eerie bell plucks under a crawling half-time groove. Verses stay close and confessional with dry vocal, then widen in the hook with ghostly harmonies and pitched-down doubles. Sparse piano stabs and dissonant synth pads creep in by the second chorus, ending on a sudden cold stop., world