[Intro — big, immediate, no warm up, hits from zero] [Verse 1 — confident, almost cocky, everything's fine] Up at six Shoes shined Everything exactly Where I left it Checked the mirror Nodded at whatever that is Looking back Seems capable enough Coffee while it's hot Emails before eight Ahead of it On top of it Completely across it Absolutely Nailing This [Verse 2 — same confidence, tiny cracks appearing if you look] Meetings back to back Smiled at all the right moments Said the right things To the right rooms Ate lunch at the desk Because driven Not because the alternative Is sitting alone With nothing to perform for Home by seven Everything fine Poured a drink Because Tuesday Not because anything Completely fine Absolutely Fine [Pre-Chorus — still confident, but the music underneath shifts] I've got it All of it Every single piece of it Exactly where it needs to be Watch me I'm doing it I'm completely Doing it [Chorus — anthemic, huge, the swagger at full volume] Here I am Right on time Exactly where I said I'd be Doing exactly what I said I'd do Here I am Holding it down Keeping it together Every single day Here I am Aren't I Here I am [Verse 3 — the cracks getting longer, delivery staying confident] Talked to nobody About any of it Because nothing To talk about Slept fine Woke up fine Did it again Fine The mirror again Same nod Same whatever that is Still seems capable From this angle In this light If you don't look Too long [Verse 4 — still performing but the words are doing something else now] Got through the week Got through the month Got through the year Getting through That's not surviving That's thriving That's what thriving looks like Isn't it Isn't it [Pre-Chorus 2 — the music and the words starting to split] I've got it All of it Absolutely got it ...haven't I [Chorus] [Bridge — the one moment the mask slips, just for a second, then straight back on] There was a moment Just a moment Standing in the kitchen At half eleven For no particular reason Where something — Anyway. Fine. Back to it. [Final Chorus — identical to before, same words, completely different meaning now] Here I am Right on time Exactly where I said I'd be Doing exactly what I said I'd do Here I am Holding it down Keeping it together Every single day Here I am Aren't I Here I am [Outro — confident, striding, the performance back at full strength] Fine. Absolutely fine. See you tomorrow.
