Badge on the Desk

[intro]
(static crackle, bass rumble, one loud power chord)

[verse 1]
Fluorescent lights humming like they're praying for me
Badge on a lanyard, number instead of a name
Six years of the break room, the burnt coffee smell
Same cracked ceiling tile I know a little too well

[verse 2]
Manager Dave with his spreadsheet smile
Says "be a team player" like it's a trial
I watched my lunch hour shrink to a prayer
Watched the clock like it owed me air

[chorus]
I left the badge on the desk drawer
Right next to the plant that died
Two weeks' notice? No, I'm sure —
I quit in the parking lot, screaming at the sky
Clock me out one last time
I quit, I quit, and I feel so alive

[verse 3]
Security escort, like I'm dangerous or free
Walking past the cubicles, half of them watching me
Their faces say "be brave" but their eyes say "don't go"
Well I'm the canary and the mine's full of smoke

[chorus]
I left the badge on the desk drawer
Right next to the plant that died
Two weeks' notice? No, I'm sure —
I quit in the parking lot, screaming at the sky
Clock me out one last time
I quit, I quit, and I feel so alive

[bridge]
Monday morning's gonna come
And it won't know my name
Let the voicemail fill up
Let the inbox flame
Let it burn, let it burn

[chorus]
I left the badge on the desk drawer
Right next to the plant that died
Two weeks' notice? No, I'm sure —
I quit in the parking lot, screaming at the sky
Clock me out one last time
I quit, I quit, and I feel so alive

[outro]
I quit, I quit
(Feedback fading, one last chord ringing out)
I feel so alive