Fatigue Anthem

[Performance Notes: Studio recording, not live. Single male vocalist, no duet, no featured rapper. Verses are rapped — conversational, drawled, behind the beat, more storyteller than showoff, comedic timing on the punchlines. Chorus flips to full sung country hook, wide and melodic. The contrast between rapped verse and sung chorus is the whole point. Verses sparse, chorus huge.] [Intro - acoustic guitar, finger snaps] [Verse 1] Six o'clock, she says "hey, what you thinking?" I said "I don't know babe, what are you thinking?" Twenty minutes gone and ain't nobody blinking Fridge door open, all that cold air leaking Chicken? Had it Tuesday. Tacos? Had 'em Sunday. Whatever we land on we'll be right back here Monday I make forty calls a day and not a one of 'em matter But this one's got me sweating like I'm swinging at the ladder [Pre-Chorus] It ain't the big things, it's the small It ain't the mountain, it's the crawl A thousand little nothings And I'm answering 'em all [Chorus] Why do I have to decide? Why's it always land on me? Ain't a single one important But they're taking years off me So I smoke a little green and let the questions float on by Don't ask me nothing else tonight Why do I have to decide? [Verse 2] Couch time — "what you wanna watch?" Forty minutes scrolling through a thousand different plots Pick one, ten minutes in, she says "you feeling this?" I said "we can change it babe, it ain't a lifetime hitch" "You wanna run to Costco?" Lord, I do not know "You wanna catch a movie?" Baby, I don't wanna go I don't want a single thing except to not be asked Just tell me where we're going and I'll be the one to drive [Pre-Chorus] It ain't the big things, it's the small It ain't the mountain, it's the crawl A thousand little nothings And I'm answering 'em all [Chorus] Why do I have to decide? Why's it always land on me? Ain't a single one important But they're taking years off me So I hit a little vape and let the questions float on by Don't ask me nothing else tonight Why do I have to decide? [Bridge - sung, sparse, acoustic guitar and organ only] Ain't no one big thing gonna take me out No heart attack, no lightning, no drought It's a thousand tiny pecks and a thousand tiny cuts Duck by duck by duck by duck That's how a good man goes Not with a bang — Just a hundred little "I don't knows" [Guitar / beat drop back in] [Chorus] Why do I have to decide? Why's it always land on me? Ain't a single one important But they're taking years off me So I eat a little gummy and let the questions float on by Don't ask me nothing else tonight Why do I have to decide? [Outro - rapped, half-time, relaxed] Now it's nine-fifteen and I don't got a single thought Dinner's in the trash 'cause we forgot what we bought She says "what you thinking?" — I said "nothing. Not a thing." First right answer that I've given all week