[Verse 1: Staking basalt-chest male MC, staking, heavy] Lock turned, apron off, cooler door a little cracked Wire tags dangling where the morning orders stacked One bucket left unlabeled except a name I know Same letters as my paycheck, same hand in the flow Cancelled stamped in pencil on a slip behind the vase Service never happened, flowers still in place I was listed lead to drive them to the lot Nobody called me off, the quiet was the plot [Verse 2: Staking basalt-chest male MC, staking, colder] I check the phone, no message, no apology note Just a cooler full of lilies learning how to float In water that went warm while the day went wrong Staking through a grief that does not need a song And gets one anyway because the tag won't lie My name in wire loops under a fluorescent sky I was the delivery, not the mourner in the pew Tonight the buckets make me both, and both feel true [Hook: Staking basalt-chest male MC, loud, staking] My name on a tag for a service that quit Cooler light humming on a grief I did not write I came to close the shop and found the fit Buckets still open like the night might need it [Verse 3: Staking basalt-chest male MC, wax drip, staking] Candle stub left with the order for a vigil vibe Wax drip hits the tag and makes the letters shine Drip-tick answers once like a clock that lost its job I leave the door ajar, I leave the water for the sob That is not mine and somehow is, a quiet kind of claim Staking basalt through a cooler that still knows my name I step out soft and take the long way past the lot Where no one needed flowers and the night was all we got [Bridge: Staking basalt-chest male MC, loud, staking] Open cooler, hold the name Wire tag twin still claims the same Open buckets, open door Wax drip, name I wore Cooler hum, service quit Grief can sit where the lilies sit [Hook: Staking basalt-chest male MC, loud, staking] My name on a tag for a service that quit Cooler light humming on a grief I did not write I came to close the shop and found the fit Buckets still open like the night might need it [Outro: Staking basalt-chest male MC, quiet heavy, drip-tick rings out and fades] Wax drip, still open Tell the cooler I kept hoping [End]