[Verse 1] You call my line and get the automated screen Says I'm slammed up working on some crucial machine Yeah, I gotta hit the deadline, moving at full speed Just planting fake productivity to cover up the need To stop the clock, tear down the walls, let the pressure blow But I stitch the mask tighter, don't want the truth to show "It's a huge project," I tell you, voice steady and low While my foundation's crumbling, nowhere left to go. [Chorus] I said I'm tied up, I'm occupied, the schedule's tight tonight But every window shade is pulled, blocking out all the light I'm not composing emails or fighting through the corporate maze I'm just navigating wreckage in this isolation haze The truth is I'm too busy breaking down on the floor And there's nobody home, you're just banging on the bolted door Yeah, I'm too busy shattering to pick up any call Watching all my pieces ready just to fall. [Verse 2] They ask about my schedule, I list the packed itinerary A flawless script, a testament to being necessary I paint the picture of the grind, the workload that won't cease A complex structure built entirely to purchase a little peace But the construction crew quit weeks ago, left the beams exposed This fabricated focus is the wound that never closed I check the phone, ignore the names, afraid they'll hear the sound Of fractured composure hitting hard upon the ground. [Chorus] I said I'm tied up, I'm occupied, the schedule's tight tonight But every window shade is pulled, blocking out all the light I'm not composing emails or fighting through the corporate maze I'm just navigating wreckage in this isolation haze The truth is I'm too busy breaking down on the floor And there's nobody home, you're just banging on the bolted door Yeah, I'm too busy shattering to pick up any call Watching all my pieces ready just to fall. [Bridge] This energy I spend on the professional deception Could have stemmed the damage, changed the whole direction But the depression sets the rhythm, the anxiety provides the fuel To keep denying that I'm just a broken, useless fool I can't maintain the posture, the wiring's coming loose The narrative of 'overworked' is just another poor excuse I'm overloaded, yes, but not by tasks you could assign I'm crushed by the collapse of everything inside my broken mind. [Chorus] I said I'm tied up, I'm occupied, the schedule's tight tonight But every window shade is pulled, blocking out all the light I'm not composing emails or fighting through the corporate maze I'm just navigating wreckage in this isolation haze The truth is I'm too busy breaking down on the floor And there's nobody home, you're just banging on the bolted door Yeah, I'm too busy shattering to pick up any call Watching all my pieces ready just to fall. [Outro] Yeah, too busy shattering... I'm just... tied up. Gotta run, talk soon...
