Garage door closed haze

[Performance Notes: Studio recording, not live. Single male vocalist, no duet or featured artist. Vocal delivery is confident but weary — a hardworking man thinking out loud, not performing to a crowd. Guitar tone is gritty and soulful, bluesy phrasing over a Southern rock backbone. Hammond organ warms the chorus. Dynamic build: restrained and intimate in the verses, full-band drive in the chorus. Bridge shifts softer and more sincere — a tender, sung-not-shouted tone.] [Verse 1] That list's been on the fridge since June The truck needs oil, the gutters too The boss called twice, said be there soon I said yeah boss — I always do [Verse 2] I'm thirty-seven, built to last But lately I've been running slow Now some men drink to kill the past I got a door I like to close [Pre-Chorus] When that sun starts sinking low And the day lets go of me One door drops between the world And the man I get to be [Chorus] Garage door closing, vape pen glowing World keeps spinning, I ain't going Fifteen minutes, maybe twenty Ain't much, but Lord, it's plenty Life's gonna be what life's gonna be So let it be — out here in the haze with me [Verse 3] I ain't got answers, ain't got a plan Just these two hands and a heart that tries Some call it hiding, I call it a man Taking his quiet where quiet lies [Guitar Solo] [Bridge] She sees me slip out through the door Don't say a word, don't ask for more Keeps the kids up front so the quiet can stay Gives me fifteen minutes and looks away She's the strongest soul this house has seen No cape, no crown — my whole damn everything [Chorus] Garage door closing, vape pen glowing World keeps spinning, I ain't going Fifteen minutes, maybe twenty Ain't much, but Lord, it's plenty Life's gonna be what life's gonna be So let it be — out here in the haze with me [Outro] That list'll wait till morning light So will she, and so will I Garage door's coming up tonight When this haze says goodbye