Five o'clock came and went The lights still hum Nobody moved So I stayed in my chair Clock on the wall says the day is done But the boss still types like he swallowed the sun Keyboard clicks in a funeral line Everybody trapped in borrowed time I packed my bag at fifty-nine Hand on the zipper, looking for a sign But Tanaka-san just opened a file So I sat back down with a corporate smile My inbox empty, my soul on mute Excel open like a parachute No one talks and no one blinks Just blue light shining on bathroom sinks I got no task and I got no pride Just a coat on a chair and a death inside Freedom standing by the elevator door But I can't be first, so I die once more The bell is ringing in my head But nobody’s leaving, nobody’s leaving My coffee’s cold, my eyes are red Still I keep breathing, barely breathing Time to go home, but I cannot go Everybody knows, but nobody shows Coats on chairs, hearts turned stone Time to go home, but I cannot go Lights still glow, phones still sleep Dreams clock out while bodies keep Time to go home, but I cannot go I’m a ghost in the office glow Six fifteen, still sitting tight Pretending to read some policy slide Page thirty-two of a PDF I lost my youth in a bullet list Manager laughs in a meeting room That sound came straight from the gates of doom Somebody whispers, "Are you still here?" I say, "Yeah man," while I disappear My dinner’s waiting in a plastic tray My last train's plotting to run away The vending machine knows my deepest fears It’s seen me age about seven years If I stand up, the room might turn Like, "Where you going? What did you learn?" So I fake one mail with a serious face Subject line: "Re: nothing, just in case" The bell is ringing in my head But nobody’s leaving, nobody’s leaving My coffee’s cold, my eyes are red Still I keep breathing, barely breathing Time to go home, but I cannot go Everybody knows, but nobody shows Coats on chairs, hearts turned stone Time to go home, but I cannot go Lights still glow, phones still sleep Dreams clock out while bodies keep Time to go home, but I cannot go I’m a ghost in the office glow One man coughs One chair slides Hope comes back Then hope dies Someone stands My heartbeat jumps He grabs a file And sits back down Seven o'clock and the plants look sad Even the printer has lost its dad Security guard walks past the glass We make eye contact, he knows my past I could be brave, I could make my play Say "See you tomorrow" and walk away But the room is a prison with fluorescent bars And the boss is Neptune, we orbit Mars Then Sato-san rises, the chosen one Turns off his screen like the war is done We all look up like a holy sign The exodus starts at seven-oh-nine Time to go home, now we can go Everybody moves when somebody shows Coats on shoulders, dead phones on Time to go home, but the night is gone Lights go dark, train runs deep Dreams clock in when bodies sleep Time to go home, now we can go We’re ghosts in the city glow Tomorrow at five We do it again Same chair Same silence Same little death
