CONVENIENCE STORE BLUES
Intro (Heavy breathing) Yeah... 2 PM... Head pounding... Heart broken... Still alive somehow... Let's go... Verse 1 Feels like somebody dropped a brick on my skull Empty bottles on the floor like evidence in a trial Last text from you still sitting unread My body's still alive but my soul already dead Wake up in the afternoon, stomach doing backflips Mouth dry as a desert, vision losing focus Slide into my slippers, barely making it outside Today's mission simple: Survive or die Automatic doors open, holy light on my face Thought I found salvation in this little corner place Need that spicy ramen, that's the cure that I trust But the shelf looking empty, now my hope turning dust Everybody on the internet made it go viral My whole life's a disaster, now the ramen gone too? Ain't that funny? Ain't that cruel? Lost my girl yesterday Now I'm losing lunch too Pre-Chorus My stomach in pieces But my memory crystal clear Tried to drown your name in liquor Now your voice the only thing I hear Funny how that works Ain't it? Chorus Welcome to the convenience store blues Standing in defeat with nothing left to choose Empty shelves staring back like they know my pain Lost my love Lost my cure Going crazy again God tell me why You keep testing my soul Took the girl from my arms Now you're taking my bowl 808s shaking walls While my heart falls apart Strawberry memories cutting deeper than the dark Verse 2 Fighting back a throw-up while I turn another aisle Then I freeze in place and stand there for a while Pink little box shining underneath the light Like a ghost from yesterday coming back tonight DAMN!! STRAWBERRY-FLAVORED MACARON!! ~... DAMN!! STRAWBERRY-FLAVORED MACARON!! ... ... Ain't no way... Not tonight... Why the hell you gotta show up in my life? I can hear you laughing Like you're standing right here "Baby, buy me one." Man, I swear that's what I hear Now I'm holding this box Looking stupid as hell Trying to heal a broken heart At a convenience store sale Twenty-four hours single Still trapped inside a habit Trying to throw away the memories But somehow always grab 'em Cashier looking at me Probably thinking I'm insane Buying love in a box Trying to medicate the pain "Receipt?" Nah... Throw it away Can't return heartbreak anyway Card machine beep Transaction approved Self-respect declined Nothing new Bridge Two hundred twenty-one BPM Heart racing with the kick drum 808s sounding like thunder Every hit another symptom The harder I try to forget The sharper your face appears Funny how one strawberry macaron Can bring back a whole damn year Beat Switch (Dark orchestra strings) (808 rumble) Still got your number Still got your pictures Still got your hoodie Still got these issues Everybody saying "Move on, bro" But they ain't never had a ghost Living in their stereo Final Chorus Welcome to the convenience store blues Another lonely night with bad news Hangovers heal But some wounds stay And yours still living rent-free in my brain Smoke in the air Neon lights glowing Nobody knows where a broken man is going One bite of sweetness One shot of regret Still trying to forget somebody I'll never forget Outro Dark room... TV light flickering... Half a box left... Half a heart missing... Empty bottles... Empty bed... Empty future... Inside my head... Strawberry sugar... Cigarette smoke... A broken joke... That ain't a joke... Deep sigh... 808 fading... Silence... (End)
