[Intro] [Verse 1] I see your pen stop on the loading-dock scene The getaway is scheduled for eight-oh-nine I know the guard smokes by the vending machine I watched him do it three weeks running, every time You wonder how she knows the blind spot is there I know because I killed him at that gate I cut that explanation from the draft The timing stays, the reason leaves the page [Chorus] One more season, eight more episodes Eight more scripts to finish the show The pilot sold on real-world details Only someone who was there could ever know The body count is rising—but the dialogue is tight! I have to take one final job to make the ending right [Verse 2] Eight new scripts arrive, they're all due soon The house spreadsheet still says CLOSE IN JUNE The row beneath says TRY FOR KIDS IN MAY The deadlines mean we'll have to delay I push the closing date one year later The warning cells turn green across the sheet Once the season's done, we get back to what matters I close the file and flag the missing beat [Verse 3] Three contracts hit my phone the next week Two end in ways I've already put on screen The third man takes the subway after peak Exactly what's been missing from the next scene! I don't create the work, I just meet demand I write best seeing the blocking firsthand By Friday every station detail is in I fix the draft and start the loop again [Instrumental Break] [Bridge] You knew what my job was from the start Before your key was hanging by my door You read the pilot, you recognized the parts That never came from films or books before I promised I'd be done once the writing paid So you stayed and we planned for what came next I bet ten years you wouldn't walk away I gave my word, and you believed the rest [Verse 4] You reach the subway scene and stop halfway The station matches Tuesday's evening news The service door, the train, the time of day Were things that no report had ever used You close the script and take your key with you For once I don't know what I'm supposed to do [Outro] I'll get the house I'll get the kids I'll stop the killing Starting... now.
