Strapped

Half tank

Wallet thin

Neon OPEN sign keeps buzzing

Rain on my windshield

Asking

Takeout

Or one more mile

Do I feed this hunger in me

Or chase a rumor of a life

Food or gas

Every night that coin keeps spinning

Live right now

Or crawl toward some imagined ending

Dark stranger things

In the corners of this quiet kitchen

Food or gas

Either way I pay to keep existing

Clock says

Almost two

Fridge light paints my face like moonlight

Bills piled like bad tattoos

Old songs

On the floor

Guitar case is a busted doorway

I don't step through anymore

Food or gas

Every night that coin keeps spinning

Live right now

Or crawl toward some imagined ending

Dark stranger things

In the mirror when I keep pretending

Food or gas

Either way I pay to keep existing

[Drums and cello build

Vocal rising]

If I stay

I starve in place

If I go

I starve on the way

If I drink to dull the taste

I just wake up one more day

So I scrape the plate

And I start the car

Every choice I make

Is a brand-new scar (oh oh)

Food or gas

Hear the engine argue with my breathing

Live right now

Or trade another hour of grieving

Dark stranger things

In the silence where my faith is leaking

Food or gas

I just keep on choosing

Keep on leaving

[All instruments at full tilt

Then cut]

Half tank

Heart thin

I turn the key again

Again