The jukebox coughs but won’t begin
I light a match it dies again
My coat’s too thin my pockets loud
With broken change and thoughts unproud

I knew a woman named Regret
She moved in once she ain’t left yet
She steals my chair she drinks my gin
But hell I’ve learned to live with sin

I ain’t clean I ain’t gold
I’m just ash that’s learned to hold
Every fire every toll
But nothing eats me whole

The preacher said "You gotta kneel"
But my knees just ask for steel
The prayers I wrote all taste like rust
And saints don’t ride the same old bus

I ain’t clean I ain’t gold
I’m just ash that’s learned to hold
Every fire every toll
But nothing eats me whole

I don’t rise I don’t fall
I lean like paint on a flaking wall
Still here still wrong
Still got one more song

I ain’t clean I ain’t gold
But I’m the truth that don’t get told
You can bite you can roll
But nothing—
Nothing eats me whole

The wind has names I’ve learned to fear
But I keep walking year by year

I’ve held my heart with stitched-up hands
Buried truths in foreign lands
Danced alone on broken stone
And built a fire where none had grown

They said I’m done they closed the door
But I’ve been dying long before

Still I rise through ashes and lies
With dust on my skin and fire in my eyes
You can push you can bend
But I’m no stranger to the end
Still I rise… still I rise

I’ve kissed betrayal’s bitter breath
Slept beside the arms of death
But sorrow taught me how to spin
A rhythm born from deep within

I don’t need a crown of gold
I wear my silence loud and bold

Still I rise through ashes and lies
With dust on my skin and fire in my eyes
You can push you can bend
But I’m no stranger to the end
Still I rise… still I rise

Don’t tell me how the story ends
I write in steps not with a pen
And every scar I’ve come to own
Beats louder than your stepping stone

Still I rise through thunder and cries
My tears are sharp but they never lie
You can leave you can hide
But I’ve got rhythm on my side
Still I rise… still I rise

Tick-tock tick-tock (uh)
Yeah… we don’t stop

Late night I’m still online
clock says no but I cross the line
Lost count drinks laughs replies
I’m just chasing digital highs

Oh seconds fade like smoke in light
but I don’t care if it’s wrong or right

We’re wasting time (yeah-yeah)
but it feels so fine (uh-huh)
No past no sign
just bodies in rhyme
We’re wasting time (oh-oh)
on a borrowed line
if this is crime
then lock me inside

Time time time
can’t rewind rewind rewind
Time time time
we don’t mind mind mind

Golden hour on replay
memories in 4K
You said “forever” cliché
but I still press “stay”

Every beat steals one more minute
don’t stop I’m living in it

We’re wasting time (yeah-yeah)
but it feels so fine (uh-huh)
No past no sign
just bodies in rhyme
We’re wasting time (oh-oh)
on a borrowed line
if this is crime
then lock me inside

Tick-tock tick-tock
can’t stop this clock
Na-na we’re divine
just wasting time

I don't know what you want if you just complain a lot
Maybe all you want is all they got
They stealin' my voice like it's crack rocks
They try to slow me down just like I'm taking adderall
You ain't the one who took me to the top
Boom on the Zoom
Bop-bop-bop-bop
They out for my heart
Boy
Ha
Crop
Treat me like Patty Kane on a short shot
Pokemon
Pokemon
Pokemon
Gotta lay a lot
Gotta slay a lot

I'm runnin' a race that's unholy
They dump everything that they told me
Young winners
We might die slowly
Good thing we takin' it slowly
Young victors
We might die slowly
Good thing we takin' it slowly
Live it out in the middle of the world
Gotta lay a lot
Gotta slay a lot
Live it out in the middle of the world
Gotta lay a lot
Gotta slay a lot
I'm runnin' a race that's unholy
They dump everything that they told me
Young winners
We might die slowly
Good thing we takin' it slowly
Slowly
Slowly

They out for my heart
Boy
Ha
Crop

I'm runnin' a race that's unholy
They dump everything that they told me
Young winners
We might die slowly
Good thing we takin' it slowly
Slowly
Slowly

Verse 1:
Life throws its punches but I hold my ground
Emotions may rage but I won't be drowned
Through every trial I stand tall and strong
In the darkest hours I sing my own song

Chorus:
Self-control my guiding star
Through the chaos I'll go far
In the heat of battle I find my way
With inner strength I seize the day

Bridge:
In the quiet of my mind I find my peace
In life's whirlwind my worries cease
With every step I take command
Self-mastery my guiding hand

Outro:
So I stand resolute against the fray
With self-control I'll find my way
In life's dance I'll always strive
With unwavering resolve I'll thrive

You said I keep my jacket on
Even when the room is warm
That's fair that's fair
Somebody taught me how to leave
Before the second song
And I learned it far too well

So don't read the quiet as a no
Read it as a hand not quite let go

I'm not cold I'm careful
There's a difference in the way I hold your name
I'm not cold I'm careful
Give me one more block and I'll say it
Give me one more block and I'll say it

(careful careful)

[Rap Verse]
Look I'm not playing hard I'm playing honest
You want the whole file I'm handing you the summary
Last one left a hole in the drywall of my confidence
Now I clock the exits out of muscle memory
You made the coffee strong and never asked me for a reason
Kept a light on for me through a pretty ugly season
So if I'm slow it isn't strategy it's healing
Give me one more block I'll tell you what I'm feeling

I'm not cold I'm careful
There's a difference in the way I hold your name
I'm not cold I'm careful
Give me one more block and I'll say it
Give me one more block and I'll say it

I've got a list of all the ways this ends
I have read it till the paper wore thin
Tonight I left it on the table
And I walked out anyway

I'm not cold I'm careful
There's a difference in the way I hold your name
I'm not cold I'm careful
Give me one more block and I'll say it

I'm not cold I'm careful
And I'm walking toward you anyway

Tu nombre vibra en mi celular
No contesto por orgullo
Pero vuelvo a mirar igual
Yeah yeah

Tu nombre vibra en mi celular
No contesto por orgullo
Pero vuelvo a mirar igual
Como si fuera normal

Me dejaste con media frase
Y una duda sobre la piel
Yo pensé que era pasajero
Pero sigo puesto de pie

Tú caminas por otra calle
Yo me quedo sin reclamar
No me sobra tanta paciencia
Pero aprendo a respirar

Si preguntas sigo entero
Si me buscas tardo más
No te cierro toda la puerta
Pero no voy hacia atrás

Tú decías “todo sencillo”
Yo lo quise complicar
Ahora entiendo lo que cuesta
Cuando alguien no sabe cuidar

Dame una señal no más
Si te vas me quedo fatal
I don’t wanna call you back
Pero vuelvo a dudar

Dame una señal no más
No me vendas otro plan
Si me miras como antes
Voy a querer intentar

Reloj de arena cae lento
Cada grano sabe mal
I don’t wanna call you back
Pero vuelvo a dudar

Mis amigos dicen “sal de eso”
Yo respondo “ya casi estoy”
Pero cuando cambia tu foto
Se me mueve algo interior

No presumo de ser tan fuerte
Solo finjo con precisión
Tengo orgullo bien educado
Y una mala conexión

Tú no fuiste toda mi vida
Pero sí mi mejor error
De los que uno cuenta riendo
Cuando ya no duele peor

Si preguntas sigo entero
Si me buscas tardo más
No te cierro toda la puerta
Pero no voy hacia atrás

Tú decías “todo sencillo”
Yo lo quise complicar
Ahora entiendo lo que cuesta
Cuando alguien no sabe cuidar

Dame una señal no más
Si te vas me quedo fatal
I don’t wanna call you back
Pero vuelvo a dudar

Dame una señal no más
No me vendas otro plan
Si me miras como antes
Voy a querer intentar

Reloj de arena cae lento
Cada grano sabe mal
I don’t wanna call you back
Pero vuelvo a dudar

No soy santo no soy frío
No soy fácil de olvidar
Tú tampoco eres culpable
Solo sabes regresar

Si mañana ya no escribes
Voy a poder continuar
Pero si dices mi nombre
Todo vuelve a comenzar

Dame una señal no más
Si te vas me quedo fatal
I don’t wanna call you back
Pero vuelvo a dudar

Dame una señal no más
No me vendas otro plan
Si me miras como antes
Voy a querer intentar

Reloj de arena cae lento
Cada grano sabe mal
I don’t wanna call you back
Pero vuelvo a dudar

Dame una señal no más
No me vendas otro plan
Si me miras como antes
Voy a querer intentar

Tu nombre vibra en mi celular
No contesto por orgullo
Pero vuelvo a mirar igual
Reloj de arena cae lento

We ran out into the static rain
Laughin’ like the world was ours to claim
No plans no past no shame
Only your hand and my name

(You said) “Hold tight don’t blink now”
We were fire in a glass town

Time cracked under neon signs
We carved our names in exit lines
If it ends don’t rewind —
Just play it loud one more time

Gravity was just a sound
When you spun me upside down

Let the silence fill the page
We were perfect in that frame

Sailing faraway
Like a memory
It's time for me to go home
The tides are calling my name
Call my name
This note in my bottle
Hopefully into the hands of someone like you
You'll find it in tomorrow
And call my name

Call my name
Call my name

A message from the past
A writer unable to gasp
The words they had left undeclared
So cruel and unfair
The audience hears
The struggling echoes
It travels through
Whichever city you are
Just so you'll hear

You called my name
You called my name
You called my name
You

This note in my bottle
These words will enlighten you
And once that the time is for you
It's time for you to go home
The tides are calling your name

Call my name
Call my name