Overtime

[intro] (clock in… clock out…) (clock in… clock out…) [verse 1] they say it’s just one more hour just stay a little longer just finish what you started but the lights don’t turn off and the screen don’t blink and your name becomes a number you can feel it… slow… drip… out of you [pre-chorus] time is money money is time you are neither [chorus] overtime… overtime… they take it, take it, every time overtime… overtime… you give your life in borrowed time [post-chorus] (clock in) (clock out) (clock in) (no out) [verse 2] they smile when they ask you like it’s a favor like you owe them breathing “team player” “dedication” “just this once again” but your body keeps count even if you don’t even if you won’t [pre-chorus] hours stack bones crack still you stay [chorus] overtime… overtime… they take it, take it, every time overtime… overtime… you give your life in borrowed time [post-chorus] (clock in) (clock out) (clock in) (no out) [bridge] (flat, almost whispered) this is not extra this is extraction this is not effort this is erosion they don’t need you alive just available [break] silence… just the hum… [final chorus] overtime… overtime… they take it, take it, every time overtime… overtime… you give your life in borrowed time [outro] (clock in… clock in…) (no out… no out…) [end]