Wake up and I'm already behind A hundred things living rent free in my mind Coffee's cold, didn't even notice when I was already somewhere else again Smile for the meeting, hold it together Been doing this so long I don't know whether Any of it's real or just the role I play Same performance, different day And nobody asks Nobody sees I just keep running on empty Everybody needs A piece of me There's nothing left but I keep giving Keep giving Keep giving I carry the weight of a world that don't carry me back I carry the names and the needs and the things that I lack I carry it all 'til my bones start to crack Somebody tell me when I'm allowed to collapse When I'm allowed to collapse Kids asleep and the house is quiet now Finally alone but I don't know how To turn it off, it just keeps running Every wall I build keeps crumbling There's a version of me I can barely remember Wasn't always November Used to take up space without apologizing Now I'm just surviving And nobody asks Nobody sees I just keep running on empty Everybody needs A piece of me There's nothing left but I keep giving Keep giving Keep giving I carry the weight of a world that don't carry me back I carry the names and the needs and the things that I lack I carry it all 'til my bones start to crack Somebody tell me when I'm allowed to collapse When I'm allowed to collapse I don't want a medal I don't want a hand I just want one minute Where nobody has a plan for me Nobody needs something Nobody's falling apart Just one minute Just one minute Just one goddamn minute to myself I'm still here I'm still here I'm still here But I'm running out of here to give
