[Verse 1] The clock on the wall is showing the time for me to sleep Counting down seconds that I’m not trying to keep There’s a voice at the front door, turning to white noise Just a dusty old script for the boys and the girls. I’m tracing the grain on the wooden desk Trying to find a pattern in this mess. [Pre-Chorus] My knee keeps bouncing, tapping on the floor I’ve memorized the exit sign above the door The ink in my pen is starting to bleed But it’s not the information that I need. [Chorus] They say I got to learn, No one yearns for a soul The new word they understood, The “exclamation” slowly drowns Just lazing about like a turtle alone Now I’m here, sitting in the endless mundane, While the board stays the same With a subject that never change — [Verse 2] You want me to hold, You want me to quote But you’re feeding me lines that you wrote by rote I’m hungry for fire, I’m hungry for truth But we’re trading it all for a wasted youth. (My eyes glaze over, the window is bright I’m physically here, but I’ve taken flight.) [Pre-Chorus] Now the tapping gets louder, echoing the boredom I can’t stare at this chalkboard anymore The pressure is rising, starting to feed On the silence and the space between the things I read. [Chorus] They say I got to learn While they crumble my soul New words I’m forced to know Never use them like I was supposed to know Now I’m here, sitting in the endless mundane, While the board stays the same With a subject that never change — (Trumpet Solo) (Bridge — Energy fades) [Every instrument becomes sluggish] Undone. Yeah, I’m coming undone. You’re talking to a ghost, the student is gone. Teach me how to live, not how to sit still Or I’ll break every bracket and I’ll spill Every drop of this ink until the page is black And there is no turning back. [Outro] Jumping to the next, Skipping all the details needed... Till my spirit’s undone...
