[Verse 1]
Alarm on the floor
Dead phone
Cheap coffee gone cold
Same stain on the ceiling
Same crack in my soul
Clock laughs in the hallway
Grey paint
Grey tie
Grey eyes
But inside I'm burning
Staring past these walls
Sky-wide
[Chorus]
I got paper wings and smoke
Flying higher than this chokehold
Every second that I fake a smile
I'm somewhere else
A thousand miles
If this is all that life will be
I'll tear the script and write my own scene
I don't belong to this dead routine
I'm a daydream king
In a rusted kingdom
[Verse 2]
Name tag
Fake grin
Plastic plants and humming vents
Boss talks like a prophet
Preaching paycheck elegance
But I'm on a stage in my head
Crowd’s a storm and my throat’s a blade
Every memo they send
Just another bar on the cage
[Chorus]
I got paper wings and smoke
Flying higher than this chokehold
Every second that I fake a smile
I'm somewhere else
A thousand miles
If this is all that life will be
I'll tear the script and write my own scene
I don't belong to this dead routine
I'm a daydream king
In a rusted kingdom
[Bridge]
Face in the glass
I ask
"You breathing?"
(or are you buried alive, still sleeping?) (hey!)
Hands on the desk start shaking
Heart’s already packed
Escaping
I want scars
Not schedules
I want storms
Not safety rules
If this is madness
Let it grow
Let the quiet boy explode
[Chorus]
I got paper wings and smoke
Flying higher than this chokehold
Every second that I fake a smile
I'm somewhere else
A thousand miles
If this is all that life will be
I'll tear the script and light the whole scene
Watch this dead-end dull routine
Fade in fire behind me
I'm a daydream king
And I'm done with this kingdom