Sorry

Clocked in

6:15

Same walls

Same keys

Same routine

Coffee burnt

Boots feel like lead

Swipe my card

Park my head

Radio crackles

Count line starts

Phones ring wild in the sergeant’s office

I lean on you ‘cause you’re sharp

You’re quick

Blink twice and now I’m the lazy prick

Same shit

Different shift

They twist the story ‘til it fits

I did my job

They flipped the script

Turned my back and they let me slip

Blame rolls downhill

Guess I’m it

Same shit

Different shift

You ran the pod

I ran the doors

Trusted your eyes on every floor

Admin walked by

Didn’t see the stress

Just saw me still

Called it “doing less”

It ain’t on you

You carried your load

They built the game

They rigged the code

Paper heroes in pressed white shirts

Write us up

Don’t know our hurt

Same shit

Different shift

They twist the story ‘til it fits

I did my job

They flipped the script

Turned my back and they let me slip

Blame rolls downhill

Guess I’m it

Same shit

Different shift

I’m not asking for a medal

Just the truth

Just straight-level

They see a snapshot

Call it fate

Judge a man off one bad frame

You’re still my partner

That stays true (oh yeah)

I ain’t putting this on you

It’s the suits and their paper fists

We bleed

They check a box and sit

Same shit

Different shift

They twist the story ‘til it fits

I did my job

They flipped the script

Turned my back and they let me slip

Blame rolls downhill

Guess I’m it

Same shit

Different shift

Clock out

6:15

Same scars

Just a different scene

Tomorrow I’ll be back in it

Same shit

Different shift