Debt

(album: Nevers Road - 2019)

[Dia Frampton:]
Why do you let us hate one another just for the dollar?
Did you lose your heart in the darkness, deep in your pocket?
No, I don't care of the price I'd pay
I don't wanna spend my life that way
Tell me is the pain that you're causing worth what you profit?

[Witt Lowry:]
Yeah, they say that money don't buy happiness, just beautiful things
But I wouldn't mind the extra time and piece of mind that it brings
I wouldn't mind if I could afford AC in the spring
Or for the heat in the winter, I'd be in bitter but they live like kings
And here we are in one bedroom we could barely afford
Hang your sheets up on the walls just to mimic the doors
Can barely afford to pay for a Ford, why you pay for your Porsche?
See, where I'm from nobody makes it to Forbes
And I'm so tired of this dead-end job
While I was working last night, my fucking car got robbed
There's glass everywhere, I'm searching for the things I lost
All the things I bought
You steal from me just to cut your cost
My mom's worked her whole life just to get me a life to live
So I spilled my fucking soul and gave everything I could give
I think we can agree that Sallie Mae is a bitch
And there's gotta be more to life than this
Why do you let us—

[Dia Frampton:]
Why do you let us hate one another just for the dollar?
Did you lose your heart in the darkness, deep in your pocket?
No, I don't care of the price I'd pay
I don't wanna spend my life that way
Tell me is the pain that you're causing worth what you profit?

[Witt Lowry:]
Yeah, another day, another bill, barely hating how I feel
Need a tax refund just to buy a fucking meal
Your follows on your social's essential for signing deals
Man, it's crazy how a fake affects a room full of real
My boss told me, "Turn tables," I told him tables would turn
When I'm laughing at what I make in a day is more than you earn
The waiters start to laugh like to mention that is absurd
But they never focus their vision, their vision focus is blurred
And they think I'm out of my mind, or ahead of my time
Or I'm the one that grinds and puts himself on the line
To learn how to win, you have to lose a hundred times
Honestly, I think that losing is better than not trying
They say, "Make money, don't let the money make you"
The question is, what if it's the only thing to save you?
Would you sell your soul for a price if they paid you?
Or would you keep it real and stay you?
Why do you let us—

[Dia Frampton:]
Why do you let us hate one another just for the dollar?
Did you lose your heart in the darkness, deep in your pocket?
No, I don't care of the price I'd pay
I don't wanna spend my life that way
Tell me is the pain that you're causing worth what you profit?

[Witt Lowry:]
Yeah, I know that money don't buy happiness, but buys you more material shit
Then rewording how I'm thinking what it means to be rich
I used to think it meant to flex a Rolex on my wrist
Feels bad to take more than you give
Lately, hate how we live
I never want become the face that I hate
When the man in the mirror will laugh and spit in my face
They tell me that the money has made me another fake
I've been drowning in my mind and my money's been adding weight
Oh Lord, oh Lord, please save me
I should have known that something man-made couldn't make me
I say I'm making music, or is music what creates me?
I never have an answer, same question every day
See, when we pass on, all our things are passed on to the next
Everything we didn't do is everything we regret
Everyday we fucking work for this worthless check
If you're not happy, you're forever in debt
You're forever in debt