[Intro: Jump-up female lead, commanding over the Reese bass] Lift is dead, it's a quarter to twelve Thirty floors to the street by myself [Verse 1: Jump-up female lead, frantic snare] Last one out on the thirty-first floor Lift won't come, so I hit the door Little green sign says EXIT, go down Concrete steps and a buzzing sound Twenty-nine, twenty-eight, twenty-seven, keep pace Heels in my hand and the sweat on my face Ten, nine, eight, and the street's in reach Four, three, two, I can almost breathe One, lobby, but the lobby's gone Painted sign says zero, and the stairs go on [Hook: Jump-up female lead, full-throated over rattling drums] Thirty floors and I'm still going down No more doors and no way out Every step I take, the sign moves on Thirty floors and I'm still going down [Verse 2: Jump-up female lead, frantic, wobbling bass] Minus one, minus two, minus ten Somebody's coffee cup sittin' there again Same cup, same stain, same flickerin' light I passed this landing nine times tonight Hear a door slam way up top Footsteps comin' and they won't let up I don't look back and I don't look round Exit sign glowin' just one more down Call my mama, call my man, no bars, no tone Only thing that answers is the concrete groan Minus twenty, minus thirty, still the same green Brightest little sign that I've ever seen [Hook: Jump-up female lead, full-throated over rattling drums] Thirty floors and I'm still going down No more doors and no way out Every step I take, the sign moves on Thirty floors and I'm still going down [Bridge: Jump-up female lead, reese wobble, the bass lurching under her like the walls are breathing] Minus forty, minus fifty, minus who knows Concrete warm like it's breathin' slow Phone keeps sayin' it's a quarter to twelve Time stood still at the top of the well Footsteps closer, footsteps near Somebody singin' my name in here [Hook: Jump-up female lead, full-throated over rattling drums] Thirty floors and I'm still going down No more doors and no way out Every step I take, the sign moves on Thirty floors and I'm still going down [Outro: Jump-up female lead, commanding, drums rattling out] If you work late on the thirty-first floor Wait for the lift, never take that door They found my heels on the twenty-ninth stair They're still countin' floors, but I'm not there [End]
