Last One Out The Door

[Verse 1]
Coffee cup ring on my old desk
Name tag ghost on the wall
Cardboard box full of bad days
Still
I’m gonna miss these halls
Same old stain on the break room floor
Inside jokes on the door
Never loved what I was doing
But I loved being here for sure
[Chorus]
Last one out the door
Lights already low
Didn’t like the work at all
But it’s hard to let it go
Yeah
I hated every task
Loved the faces even more
Now I’m standing in the hallway
Last one out the door
[Verse 2]
Laugh-track echoes in the hallway
Clock still hums like before
My chair leans back
Feels empty
Like it knows I’m not here anymore
Shook those hands
Took that folder
“Sorry
Man
You know how it goes”
Tried to smile
But when I turned
Something heavy in my chest just froze
[Chorus]
Last one out the door
Lights already low
Didn’t like the work at all
But it’s hard to let it go
Yeah
I hated every task
Loved the faces even more
Now I’m standing in the hallway
Last one out the door
[Bridge]
Guess I gotta start from zero (oh)
New street
Strange key
Locked gate
Funny how a place you cursed
Can be the one you miss this late
So here’s to the jokes
To the long slow days
To the kind of hell
That still felt like a safe place
[Chorus]
Last one out the door
Lights already low
Didn’t like the work at all
But it’s hard to let it go
Yeah
I’m scared of starting over
But I’ve been here before
So I take one breath
One step
Last one out the door

funk, Slow, smoky funk-blues with male vocals; round, lazy bass walking under tight, dry drums and a slightly overdriven rhythm guitar. Verses stay intimate and low, with close-mic vocal and sparse organ swells. Chorus opens with thicker harmonies and a touch of reverb, bass pushing a little harder. Subtle horn stabs answer vocal phrases in the second chorus, ending on a held, bittersweet chord that lets the last line hang in the air., slow, sad, male vocals, blues