After Work

[Style:
Indie pop / mellow rap
Warm synths, soft drums, slow tempo
Feels like sunset through a windshield]

[Theme:
Who you are when the day is over
Letting the armor come off
Learning to exist without performing]


[Intro]
Yeah
The day’s over now
I’m still here

[Verse 1]
Clock hits six, keys in my hand
Exhale deep like, “I did what I can”
Smile stayed on a little too long
Now it fades with the traffic songs
Shoulders drop when the door shuts tight
No one needs me to be “on” tonight
No goals written, no plans to chase
Just me and the quiet of my place

I don’t need to explain myself
Don’t need to impress nobody else
The version of me that clocks out late
Is the one I’m learning to appreciate

[Chorus]
After work, I’m not a role
I’m not the strong one, not the joke
I’m just a guy tryna come back home
After work
After work, the noise gets low
I don’t gotta prove what I already know
I’m enough when I’m alone
After work

[Verse 2]
Microwave dinner, TV glow
Same couch spot that I always chose
Phone lights up, I let it wait
Not everything needs my energy today
Thoughts slow down, heart feels light
No pressure to figure out my life
Tomorrow can knock, I’ll answer then
Right now I just wanna exist again

Used to hate being by myself
Thought silence meant I was failing somehow
Now I’m finding space to breathe
In the hours no one sees

[Chorus]
After work, I take it off
All the weight that the world put on
I don’t need a finish line to cross
After work
After work, I’m not behind
I’m just living in real time
Letting go of the need to shine
After work

[Bridge]
Maybe peace ain’t loud
Maybe it don’t shout
Maybe it whispers when the room is still
Maybe healing’s not a cure
Just learning how to endure
And letting yourself feel human still

[Chorus – Soft Drop]
After work, I’m still me
Not the fears, not the what-ifs
Just a heartbeat learning to be
After work
After work, if this is rest
Then I’ll take it, I won’t protest
I don’t need to be my best
After work

[Outro]
Tomorrow can wait
Tonight, I stay

Male - Rap/Pop