Chemical Exit

Lyrics

​(Intro - Soft, filtered piano chords. The sound of a rainy street and a distant siren. A faint, rhythmic electronic pulse starts.)
(Vocal - Whispered, close to the mic)
Another day, another piece of me gone.
The coffee’s cold.
The heart is colder.
I just need to... disappear for a while.
​(Verse 1)
Staring at the spreadsheet 'til the numbers start to bleed
Trading my soul for a life I don't need.
Clocking out at five with a ghost in my passenger seat
The memory of you is a ghost I can't beat.
I walk through the door and the silence is a scream
So I reach for the bottle, I reach for the dream.
A little bit of powder just to settle the dust
Of a heart that’s been broken and a world I don't trust.
​(Pre-Chorus - Snare begins to roll, a deep "Reese" bass swells underneath)
The landlord wants the rent and the boss wants my pride
But there’s a storm brewing deep on the inside.
I’m sick of the grind and I’m sick of the ache
I’m a bridge that’s been built just to see how I break.
One hit for the sorrow.
One hit for the job.
The only way to stop the heart from a throb.
​(Chorus - THE DROP - Smooth, deep rolling bassline with atmospheric synths)
I’m giving up the ghost, I’m living for the high
Underneath the weight of a 9-to-5 sky.
You broke my heart, now I’m breaking the rules
In a city built for shadows and a world built for fools.
Roll the bass, kill the light
I’m checking out of life for the rest of the night.
​(Verse 2)
My eyes are wide open but I can’t see the floor
I don’t want to be the woman I was anymore.
The "once-upon-a-time" us is a pill I can’t swallow
The house is still full but the feeling is hollow.
I’m a liability, a flickering spark
A 170 heartbeat in the pitch-black dark.
No more "checking emails," no more "taking the lead"
Just the rhythm and the chemical is all that I need.
​(Bridge - Music drops to a minimal sub-bass and a haunting vocal echo)
(Vocal - Soulful and fragile)
Do you even remember?
Or are you sleeping fine?
While I’m losing my grip...
On this thin, white line.
(Drums build rapidly—Fast, "ghost-note" snare pattern)
I’ve had enough.
Let it go.
Let it roll.
​(Chorus - THE DROP - High energy but melodic, soaring synths over the bass)
I’m giving up the ghost, I’m living for the high
Underneath the weight of a 9-to-5 sky.
You broke my heart, now I’m breaking the rules
In a city built for shadows and a world built for fools.
Roll the bass, kill the light
I’m checking out of life for the rest of the night.
​(Outro - Piano returns, vocals becoming a distant whisper)
(Whispered)
The 9-to-5 is dead.
The heart is dead.
Just me...
And the bass...
(Fade out with a long, resonant sub-bass note)