Twenty Nine Returns

[Intro – Soft Guitar / Faint TV Static] Late nights and reruns on a flickering screen Same damn episode I’ve already seen Twenty-nine years circling the sun Still waiting for my life to finally begin [Verse 1] Wake up to the hum of the old fridge light Coffee tastes like survival every single night Bills on the counter like unopened wounds Debt stacking tall enough to stop my motivation Every paycheck disappears in smoke One step forward, two steps broke I keep telling myself “just hold on tight” But holding on gets heavy every night The town keeps moving like I’m standing still Everybody climbing while I’m stuck uphill Same cracked ceiling, same old fears Like I’ve been reliving the same damn year [Pre-Chorus] And I laugh so people won’t ask questions Smile wide through quiet depressions But deep inside I’m scared to death That this is all I’ll ever get [Chorus] My life feels like a rerun Episode after episode Same pain, same road Same weight in my soul I just wanna live a little Before I fade like a ghost Before the world forgets my name Like I was someone it almost knows Twenty-nine years old on this sphere Pushin’ thirty and nowhere near The dreams I swore I’d someday hold Now they feel too far to touch at all [Verse 2] Just me and my dog in this tiny place He looks at me like I still got faith Tail wagging like I’m worth something Even when my world feels crumbling He don’t care about the money I lack Or all the things I wish I had back To him I’m enough on my worst days And somehow that keeps me awake Sometimes I drive with nowhere to go Windows down just to feel alive slow Streetlights blur like memories gone Trying to outrun what I’ve become Friends moved on, built lives, got homes While I’m learning how to survive alone Scrolling through pictures I barely know Wondering where all the time even goes [Pre-Chorus] And every birthday hits a little harder Another candle, another reminder That time keeps running without me Like I’m stranded where I used to be [Chorus] My life feels like a rerun Episode after episode Same pain, same road Same ache I can’t let go I just wanna live a little Before I vanish like smoke Before my shadow’s all that’s left Floating through the people I know Twenty-nine years old on this sphere Pushin’ thirty and drowning here Trying to find a spark worth holding Before my heart quits hoping [Bridge – Emotional Build] I don’t need mansions Don’t need gold Just a little peace Before I grow old A night where my chest don’t hurt this bad A moment where I ain’t trapped in the past A reason to wake up and not feel numb A feeling that maybe my time will come Cause lately the mirror feels hard to face Like I’m disappearing without a trace And I’m terrified one day I’ll see A stranger staring back at me But my dog curls up beside my feet Like somehow he still believes in me And maybe that’s enough tonight To keep me breathing till morning light [Final Chorus – Bigger / Raw] My life feels like a rerun But I ain’t gone yet Still fighting through the static Still choking on regret I just wanna live a little Before I fade away Before this tired heart of mine Finally gives out someday Twenty-nine years old on this sphere Still broke, still lost, still here But maybe being here still means There’s more to life than what I’ve seen [Outro – Quiet / Reflective] Same old walls Same TV glow But tonight I tell myself Don’t become a ghost Cause somewhere underneath these scars There’s still a soul with beating hope And maybe one day this rerun ends And I finally learn to live before I go