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The Warranty Card lyrics
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Intro
Yeah... mBaileyz... The card came in the mail with the dream still attached...
Verse 1
Nineteen with the glow on my face from the screen that don’t dim Every notification a promise, every “seen” is a hymn They sold me the future in installments of dopamine Said manifest it while the rent do the heavy lifting on me The warranty card in my wallet got a shine that won’t last Swipe for the feeling, pay with the hours that pass I got dreams in the cloud and a tank on E in the real Youth is the demo version, they don’t tell you the deal Or maybe I’m just, clipped, trails off Addicted to the potential before the bill hits like a thug The fine print is written in the blue light on my face Every scroll is a signature I can’t erase I still swipe anyway, anyway” Before the card gets declined and the “almost” turns to the page
Chorus
The warranty card said lifetime guarantee But the lifetime was measured in the dreams we agree to see Fine print in the laughter, the terms in the “one day” We all signed it young, now we pay in the gray
Verse 2
Forty-three, spreadsheet open, the numbers don’t lie but they don’t tell the truth either House got my name on the deed but the bank got the deed to my evenings The kid asks why I’m tired when I just got home from winning I tell him the same story my father told me when the light was still spinning The card got upgraded, the limit went up with the title But the interest compounds in the silence at the kitchen table I laid off three people last quarter, called it strategic realignment Came home and realigned my own soul with the bottle and the silence The fine print was always there in the “we’re a family here” meetings Now the family I got is paying for the years I was chasing the greeting I signed it anyway, told myself it was the price of the view Now the view from the top looks a lot like the bottom I knew
Chorus
The warranty card said lifetime guarantee But the lifetime got measured in the years we agree to lease Fine print in the silence, the terms in the gray We all signed it once, now we’re paying in the gray
Bridge
Maybe the card was never the promise... Maybe it was the receipt for the time we gave away, gave away” Three generations staring at the same faded paper Trying to read what was never meant to stay Or maybe I’m the fine print now, nah... we all are
Verse 3
Seventy-six, the card’s in the drawer with the rubber bands and the old keys Outlived most of the fine print, outlived most of my “we’ll sees” The grandkids swipe faster than I ever could run But they still come sit on the porch when the day is done I told them the truth when they asked about the dream Said it was real for some, for others it was the steam Rising off the pot that never quite boiled over But the warmth from the stove was enough to raise soldiers The warranty expired on the version they sold us But the fight in the fine print? That part still holds us, holds us” I leave the light on, the card on the table unfolded Read it or don’t, just know somebody held it
Chorus
The warranty card is faded, the ink running thin But the signature’s still mine, I ain’t signing again For the ones coming after, the terms got rewritten in light Read between the lines, the real guarantee was the fight, the fight”
Outro
The card... It was never about owning the dream. It was about who you became while you were paying for it.
Inside the recording
Yeah... mBaileyz... The card came in the mail with the dream still attached...
The warranty card said lifetime guarantee But the lifetime was measured in the dreams we agree to see
The card... It was never about owning the dream.
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