[Verse 1]

Clocked in

Checked out

Name tag

Plastic smile

You walked in

World tilted

Whole store turned hostile

You lean on the counter

Ask me something small

I forget my language

Jaw locked

Brain wall

[Chorus]

You’re so above my pay grade

Way past anything I’ve known

Got me signing things in my head

On lines I don’t even own

You’re burning holes through my good sense

Every “hi” feels like a blade

I’m losing grip on my own life

For a love I can’t afford to pay

[Verse 2]

You laugh

I swear it

Rewrites my DNA

Tips in the jar

Got me dreaming I can stay

Your perfume haunts

The aisles after close

I mop the floor dizzy

Chasing your ghost

[Chorus]

You’re so above my pay grade

Way past anything I’ve known

Got me signing things in my head

On lines I don’t even own

You’re burning holes through my good sense

Every “hi” feels like a blade

I’m losing grip on my own life

For a love I can’t afford to pay

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Bridge]

I’m skipping rent in my mind

Buying time I don’t have

Trading sleep for your smile

Trading peace for your laugh (oh)

If I cash in what’s left

Of this half-wrecked heart

Would it buy me one night

Or tear me apart

[guitars and harmonicas solo]

[Chorus]

You’re so above my pay grade

Way past anything I’ve known

Got me signing things in my head

On lines I don’t even own

You’re burning holes through my good sense

Every “hi” feels like a blade

I’d wreck this hell of a life for you

For a love I can’t afford to pay