[Verse 1]
Same candles
Same cheap cake
Plastic smiles
For my sake
Phone lights up
Copy-paste praise
All these names
Blur in the haze
Twenty-something
Whatever score
Stream of numbers
On a waiting room door
Another year tallied
On a bathroom wall
Scratch it in dust
Means nothing at all
[Chorus]
It’s just another day on the calendar
Tear it off, throw it on the floor
If I vanished in the middle of the laughter
Would the room even notice the door?
Happy birthday to the background
Sing my name, then let it fade
Blow the candles, choke on the ashes
Watch it pass, just another day
[Verse 2]
Same questions
“You good?” “You fine?”
They don’t listen
They read the line
Box in the corner
Wrapped in regret
Gift receipt life
I might return it yet
Mirror says older
Eyes say tired
Dreams on layaway
Plans expired
I wear the party hat
Like a warning sign
Do not approach
I’m past my prime
[Chorus]
It’s just another day on the calendar
Tear it off, throw it on the floor
If I vanished in the middle of the laughter
Would the room even notice the door?
Happy birthday to the background
Sing my name, then let it fade
Blow the candles, choke on the ashes
Watch it pass, just another day
[Bridge]
[Beat drops to half-time, guitars and synth lock in]
Count the scars, count the tries (hey!)
Count the nights I stayed alive
Every bruise a secret badge
Every breath a quiet riot inside
I’m the ghost at my own party (woah)
But I’m still standing in the smoke
If this day don’t mean a thing
Then I decide what it holds
[Chorus]
It’s just another day on the calendar
Tear it off, I’ll make it mine
If I vanish in the middle of the laughter
I’ll return like a fault line
Happy birthday to the background
Watch me step into the frame
Blow the candles, light what’s left of me
If it’s just a day
I’ll burn it in my name