Another morning, same gray light
Same damn road, same red light
Engine hums like a lullaby
Tryna convince me I’m alive
Punch the clock, put on the face
Trade my time for a numbered place
Fluorescent skies, artificial day
Watch my life just fade away
Hands keep moving, mind’s not there
Staring holes through empty air
Every second feels the same
Different hour, same old cage
I hear a voice beneath the noise
Buried deep, but it won’t dissolve
Says, “This ain’t you, this ain’t your life”
But I just mute it, survive the night
I’m clocked in, but I’m checked out
Screaming truths I don’t say out loud
Every dream’s on a shelf collecting dust
While I trade my soul for a paycheck’s trust
I know there’s more than this routine
More than what they made me be
But I’m stuck in the in-between
Of who I am and who I need
Same small talk, same fake laughs
Same “You good?”—yeah, I’m fine, don’t ask
Break room lights like interrogation
Questioning my own damn patience
Dreams feel distant, out of reach
Like a language I can’t speak
Every “someday” starts to rot
Buried under what I’m not
I feel it clawing at my chest
This quiet war I can’t confess
A life unlived, a slow decay
Trading purpose just to stay
I’m clocked in, but I’m checked out
Breaking down, but I don’t make a sound
Every step feels like I’m sinking deep
While I sell my time I’ll never keep
I know there’s more than this machine
More than this monotony
But I’m trapped in the in-between
Of who I am and who I need
THIS CAN’T BE ALL THERE IS
THIS CAN’T BE HOW I LIVE
Every hour takes a piece of me
Every day drains what I could be
I WON’T DIE INSIDE THIS PLACE
I WON’T LET THIS BE MY FATE
What if I just walked away?
Left it all in yesterday…
Would I finally feel the spark
Or just get lost inside the dark?
But there’s a fire I can’t ignore
Beating louder than before
Even buried, even bruised
It’s still fighting to break through
I’m clocked in, but I’m breaking out
No more silence, I’m screaming now
Every chain that held me down
Starts to crack when I hear that sound
There’s a life beyond this screen
Beyond this dull routine
And I won’t stay in the in-between
I’ll become who I’m meant to be
Same road… same light…
But something’s different tonight…