Rebar & Regret

[Verse 1]
Expired MARTA card, face on it half-scratched off
The static on the plastic feelin' anything but soft
A single silver key to a lock we broke in August
Humidity still sticking to the promises you lost
This whole damn kitchen drawer is a boneyard for the logic
A graveyard for the 'us' that we built on faulty projects
The floor plans that we drew, the rebar bent and honest
Now just a pile of rust that the rain is falling on, just…

[Chorus]
Bad wiring, this whole house is bad wiring
A blueprint for expiring, a quiet kind of firing
It's a controlled demolition, love, no need for sirens
Just stress fractures in the concrete and the silence.

[Verse 2]
Two dead double-A's, smelling like acid.
A book of paper matches from the diner on the transit.
One half of the headphones, the cord all frayed and passive.
A ticket stub to see a film I can't believe we sat in.
That screw from the Ikea shelf, the threading's all been stripped.
Your name on a pharmacy receipt, a folded, faded script.
A takeout menu with a circle 'round the fish and chips.
The bitter taste of copper wire still sittin' on my lip.

[Chorus]
Bad wiring, this whole house is bad wiring
A blueprint for expiring, a quiet kind of firing
It's a controlled demolition, love, no need for sirens
Just stress fractures in the concrete and the silence.

[Bridge]
(BEAT SWITCH)
And you said, 'Don't you throw that out, we might need the parts for later.'
Like this life was a machine we could fix with an alternator
I'm on the night shift lookin' down from thirty floors of haters
Seein' our grid laid out below, a city full of traitors.

[Outro]
The low hum of the server room, the AC unit moans
Just another frequency to make me feel alone.