Counting the days

Counting the Days”

Verse 1

I was eighteen when I took the oath

Bright-eyed kid in a borrowed coat

Sirens singing like a call to war

Didn’t know what I was walking toward

We chased them down through the neon rain

Young enough not to feel the pain

Every night felt like something real

Like nothing in the world could steal

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Pre-Chorus

And I swore I’d do it all again

Back when the nights felt like they’d never end

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Chorus

Now I’m counting the days till I can walk away

Leave it all in the dust, let it fade to grey

Used to believe every line we were fed

Now I just count the time till I’m finally done instead

Yeah I’m counting the days

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Verse 2

I worked my way from the street to files

From chasing chaos to reading trials

Met the feds in the dead of night

Drug labs burning out of sight

Saw corruption in tailored suits

Truth gets buried in polished boots

Every case left a mark on me

Every face I still can’t unsee

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Pre-Chorus

And I thought the higher that I climbed

The clearer the truth would align

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Chorus

Now I’m counting the days till I can walk away

Leave it all in the dust, let it fade to grey

Used to believe every line we were fed

Now I just count the time till I’m finally done instead

Yeah I’m counting the days

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Bridge (slow, almost spoken / gospel feel build)

Now I sit where the suits all talk

Safe behind their polished walk

Short on hands, long on blame

But no one here’s calling their name

We keep it running, hold the line

While they pretend everything’s fine

I used to think they understood

Now I know they never could

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Breakdown (soft, emotional restraint)

So I drink my beer, don’t say a thing

Let the silence do its sting

Laugh it off with the boys at night

Pretend it all still feels alright

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Final Chorus (bigger, soulful, release)

Now I’m counting the days till I can walk away

Let the weight of it all finally drift away

Thirty years in, but I won’t pretend

I’m just waiting for this chapter to end

Yeah I’m counting the days

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Outro (fade, reflective)

Eighteen felt like I owned the night

Now I’m just chasing the fading light

And every breath that I take these days

Is one step closer to walking away