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Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Nineteen years I've carried this place on my back
Closed the loops, chaired the board, kept the air in the room
And I'll tell you straight — I don't need applause
Never did. Not that guy. But damn, it's about time somebody knew.
She took the stool like she'd been looking
Looking for me
Well. Here I am.
[Chorus]
I deserve this — say it plain
The way she laughs at what I say
The way she knew my pour, my work, my name
People should notice a man like me
Should've been noticing all along
She does. She gets it. Saw it easy —
What's been true this whole damn time
I'm the rare one. I'm that guy.
About time
About time
[Verse 2]
And she's sharp — that's the thing, she's sharp
A woman like that doesn't waste an evening
On some middle-drawer man with nothing to him
She picked me. Whole carbon side, and she picked me.
That's not luck, friend. That's an eye for value.
And I like her. And she likes me.
Simple as gravity
Don't make it complicated — some things are just true
[Chorus]
I deserve this — I'll say it plain
Somebody heard about the things I've done
And came to see the man himself
Turns out I'm the interesting one
People should notice a man like me
Turns out the right ones do
She gets it. She sees it. First one in years —
And everything she sees is true
I'm the rare one. I'm that guy.
About time
About time
[Bridge]
Ask me if I need people — I'll tell you no
Don't like crowds. Keep my own score. Always have.
But a man gets tired of being the pressure spec —
Reliable. Invisible. Furniture with a title on the door.
So when somebody finally says the quiet part out loud —
"You're the rumor. You're the rare one. And here you are." —
That's not flattery.
That's the record getting corrected.
[Outro]
Thursday. Same stools. Good people.
She'll be there — of course she'll be there. Why wouldn't she be?
I'll write home in the morning. Everything's normal. Everything's fine.
Nothing going on here but a man
Finally getting his due
About time
About time
Details
GeneratedAug 15, 2026
Duration4:53
LanguageEnglish
Style
Warm heartland adult-contemporary rock with swagger, polished 80s AOR glow. Mature male tenor, confident and vindicated, chest-out sincerity, zero doubt anywhere — a man finally getting his due and savoring it. Clean chorused electric guitar, soft synth pads, driving mid-tempo groove, big choruses that land like vindication, not relief. He means every word and questions none of them. Studio-clean, no live ambience. Tempo ~100 BPM.
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The_SCAR
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