Caught In Between
Checked my phone by the metal locker gate The direct deposit hit,
but three hours late By the time I swiped my card to
leave the lot Rent and the electric took almost all I got
Forty-six hours, I thought we'd have a lead But the numbers in
the bracket don't match the sweat I bleed
Oh,
it's already spent Before I even lay my boots on the floor
Already spent Trading all my breath to
settle up the score
Yeah, the sweat on my collar and the light in my head
It was gone before I earned it,
already spent
Walked in the door,
my boy was on the rug Showing me his sneakers with a
heavy little shrug Said his big toe hurts,
can we get another pair It's a simple thing to ask for,
standing right there
I opened up my app like the numbers might've grown Then I
snapped at my girl for her ordinary tone
Yeah, I'm mad at the math,
but I took it out on them
(I'm so sorry, babe)
And
it's already spent Before I even lay my boots on the floor
Already spent Trading all my breath to
settle up the score
Yeah, the sweat on my collar and the light in my head
It was gone before I earned it,
already spent
There's no grand lesson in the middle of the night Just a
kitchen table under flickering light
I'm proud of the work,
but I'm tired of the fight
Pretending everything's alright Because it's already spent Before I even lay my
boots on the floor
Already spent Trading all my breath to settle up the score
Yeah, the sweat on my collar and the light in my head
It was gone before I earned it,
already spent
Set the clock for five AM
We do it
all again (all again)