[VERSE 1]
Eviction notice taped to the glass,
red letters bleeding in the rain.
Power cut at 3 a.m.,
candle stubs for eyes,
counting coins that clink like teeth.
Phone’s dead, screen cracked,
last text from Mom:
“Call when you can eat.”
[PRE-CHORUS]
Pockets lighter than the lies I tell myself,
“Tomorrow the check comes, tomorrow I’m someone else.”
[CHORUS]
BROKE!
Broke in the marrow, broke in the bone!
Dreams in the pawn shop, soul on a loan!
BROKE!
Broke till the blood runs copper and thin!
No grave deep enough for the hole I’m in!
[POST-CHORUS]
No heat, no hope, just the drip of the pipe,
counting heartbeats in the dark.
[VERSE 2]
Bus pass expired, shoes split at the sole,
walked six miles for a “we’re not hiring.”
Kids on the corner laugh at the holes,
I laugh too—
laugh till the hunger turns to knives.
Pawned the guitar that wrote my escape,
got twenty bucks and a receipt for shame.
[PRE-CHORUS 2]
Mirror shows a ghost with my face,
“Get a job, get a life,” they all say.
[CHORUS]
BROKE!
Broke in the marrow, broke in the bone!
Dreams in the pawn shop, soul on a loan!
BROKE!
Broke till the blood runs copper and thin!
No grave deep enough for the hole I’m in!
[BRIDGE]
Remember birthdays with cake from the bin,
remember love letters paid in overdraft sins.
Remember the day the lights went out for good,
and the dark said, “Welcome home, kid.”
[BUILD]
I’M THE KING OF THE NOTHING!
CROWN MADE OF BILLS!
THRONE IS A MILK CRATE!
SCEPTER IS A PILL!
[BREAKDOWN]
Broke… broke… broke…
Every breath is a debt,
every step is a theft,
every dream is a death.
[FINAL CHORUS]
BROKE!
Broke till the reaper takes pity and calls!
Broke till the sky and the sidewalk both fall!
BROKE!
Broke till the silence is louder than screams!
Broke forever—
wake me when the nightmare redeems!