Third shift ghost

The coffee’s cold and the light bill’s late

I’m staring at a hinge that’s hanging off the gate

The radiator’s humming a funeral song

And I’m just trying to figure where the hell I went wrong

I spent ten years building a mountain of pride

Just to have a suit tell me, "Step outside."

(Chorus)

I’m losing my grip, I’m losing my mind

The clock’s still ticking but I’m falling behind

My hands are steady but the ground is gone

Since they handed me that paper at the crack of dawn

Yeah, the company’s "pivoting," the boss is doing fine

But I’m just another ghost in the unemployment line.

(Verse 2)

I drove home slow, didn’t know where to go

Passed the diner where the neon sign’s lost its glow

My badge is on the seat like a hollowed-out shell

The silence in the kitchen is a different kind of hell

The kids are asking why I’m home before four

I’m just watching my shadow leak under the door.

(Bridge)

They say "one door closes, another one swings"

But I’m tired of the weight that the "new start" brings

My identity was tied to the grease and the gear

Now I’m looking in the mirror at a stranger’s fear.

(Chorus)

I’m losing my grip, I’m losing my mind

The clock’s still ticking but I’m falling behind

My hands are steady but the ground is gone

Since they handed me that paper at the crack of dawn

Yeah, the company’s "pivoting," the boss is doing fine

But I’m just another ghost in the unemployment line.

(Outro)

(Slow, fading strums)

Just a ghost...

Between the "Help Wanted" and the "Final Notice"...

Falling apart...

Right on schedule.