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11:59 lyrics
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Intro
Yeah… same calendar again.
Verse 1
Bed to chair in the same four walls High school posters still up, I don’t take ‘em down Mom and dad in the kitchen talking ‘bout the bill again I got the good headphones on, pretending I can’t hear it Laptop opens to the same three tabs Zillow, LinkedIn, and the rent chart that makes my stomach mad Zoom link at 10, I smile through the camera They say “great work” like the work is gonna get me out of here
Pre-chorus
Refresh the page, same prices as last week Credit score staring back like it’s judging me Group chat got another wedding, another house key I hit “like” and close the app before it gets to me
Chorus
11:59 and the loop still spins Posters on the wall, same messages again They say the economy’s fine, I must be doing it wrong 11:59 and the room’s still mine
Verse 2
Midday call went well, they even said “promotion track” Then three rejection emails hit before I could get my coffee back One said “we went with someone with more experience” Like living with your parents ain’t experience Rent went up again on the building down the street I got the notification while I was trying to eat Group chat posting house-warming pics with balloons I’m still here refreshing the same three rooms
Pre-chorus
Refresh the page, same prices as last week Credit score staring back like it’s judging me They got the starter pack, I got the same four walls I close the tab before the math starts to talk
Chorus
11:59 and the loop still spins Posters on the wall, same messages again They say the economy’s fine, I must be doing it wrong 11:59 and the room’s still mine
Verse 3
Nighttime hustle, same three songs getting plays DMs full of “let’s collab” with zero in the budget phase I like the comments, say “appreciate the love” Then stare at the screen like the numbers are supposed to be enough Creative work that pays in exposure and “exposure” I turn the volume down so my parents don’t hear the verses They think I’m still playing around like I was seventeen I been working two jobs and they still don’t see the dream
Bridge
Sometimes I close my eyes and picture the other timeline Where the houses ain’t 400k and the interest rates ain’t climbing Where the job I got actually buys a door that locks Where the calendar moves and the room ain’t where I’m stuck But the screen lights up again and the fantasy ends 11:59 on the clock, same messages, same friends
Verse 4
Alarm set for tomorrow, same three tabs waiting Same Zoom link, same rejection emails I ain’t even read yet Parents still talking ‘bout the bill in the kitchen I put the headphones on before the conversation gets in
Verse 5
Nothing broke today, nothing got better either Just another rotation of the same four walls and the same three tabs I close the laptop, the posters still watching 11:59 and the loop still spinning
Chorus
11:59 and the loop still spins Posters on the wall, same messages again They say the economy’s fine… 11:59 and the room’s still mine
Outro
Yeah… Same calendar again.
Inside the recording
Yeah… same calendar again.
Refresh the page, same prices as last week Credit score staring back like it’s judging me
Yeah… Same calendar again.
Excerpts from artist-supplied lyric files matched by title. Lyric sheets may differ from the released performance.