Grind Till Sunrise

Lyrics

Verse 1 – The Janitor
Clock in
zip up the suit
got a punch card stained in blood and oil
I don’t talk, I chew that gum
mop head drag like I’m tillin’ soil
Payin’ debts?
you pay in red
I clean floors, I clean your dead
duct tape wraps my busted ribs
I still swing that broom like lead

Sprayin’ that soda on pinball glass
free game flashin’
I just stare back
Birthday banners
ripped and black
I bag mascots up like trash

Willy grinnin’
I don’t flinch
hand on rag
other hand clinched
you got doors, cams, little screen, lil’ bitch
I got fists, bleach and a habit I can’t ditch (yeah)

I take breaks on schedule
never miss one sip
chug that punch like ritual
then I go and split more lips
arcade lights flicker
chameleon on the ceiling
I don’t look up, blade comes down
I break spine, keep sweepin’

Chorus
We grind till sunrise (grind)
ain’t no help, no hotline (nah)
you panic when that bell chimes
we clock in for the dark times
You pray, we purge (yeah)
same hunt, two worlds converge
when the doors slam shut
and the kids don’t scream
it’s just us and the curse in the machine

We grind till sunrise (grind)
you hide, we walk that line
from a birthday song
to a chalk-out sign
Steel teeth, red eyes
we stare straight back
if hell got shifts
we run that track

Verse 2 – The Night Guard
Hit 12 AM, fan buzz in my ear
phone dude talkin’ in a hazy drawl
cut off quick when the line goes weird
now it’s just me and the posters on the wall
Freddy on stage with a dead-eyed stare
Bonnie gone left, then the right side bare
Chica in the kitchen, clankin’ silverware
Foxy in the cove like “come down here”

Power bar droppin’
heartbeat poppin’ in my throat
check east, check west
goddamn, that door almost broke
they grin in the glass
I’m slammin’ steel
prayin’ this paycheck’s worth the deal
breath on the window
skin turn cold
kids in the vents whisper “give up, fold”

Nah
I’m the one that lives through five long nights
hidin’ in the dark with flicker bulb lights
When the power snaps off and the tune cuts slow
I stare down the bear with the glow in his bow
You see a ball pit
I see a mass grave
I read those notes by the arcade wave
“We’re still here”
scribbled on the wall
I learn every pattern, I won’t fall

Pre-Chorus – The Night Guard
Yeah I’m stressed, I’m cracked, I’m wired
but I’m still here, they retired
purple lies run deep in the walls
I track that killer by the soda-stained stalls
you punch ’em out, I out-think ’em
check the map, watch vents, let the time sink in
Both of us cursed to the same damn system
different mascots, same dead victims

Chorus
We grind till sunrise (grind)
ain’t no help, no hotline (nope)
you panic when that bell chimes
we clock in for the dark times
You pray, we purge (yeah)
same hunt, two worlds converge
when the doors slam shut
and the kids don’t scream
it’s just us and the curse in the machine

We grind till sunrise (rise)
you hide, we walk that line
from a birthday song
to a chalk-out sign
Steel teeth, red eyes
we stare straight back
if hell got shifts
we run that track

Verse 3 – The Janitor
You tappin’ on cams
I’m snappin’ they spines
ostrich legs bent, I mop that slime
turtle head rollin’ down neon tiles
I just