Verse 1
Yellow tape flapping on the metal grate
Humming like an eight-o-eight, half past late (late)
Fluorescent wash right across my skin
Brass bell clicking when I step right in
Linoleum cold beneath my sneaker sole
Fingertips tracing on the freezer patrol
Cold bottle sweating right against my grip
Shoulders ticking with the rhythm of the trip (trip)
Pre-Chorus
Light on the glass turning neon green
Avenue humming like a live machine
Tires on the curb, hear that hiss?
Nothing in the room gonna hit like this (this)
Chorus
Cold tile preach what the asphalt say
Pulse in the rib till the sky turns gray (gray)
Step on the square, let the kick drum talk
Body got the gospel of the five a.m. walk (walk)
Verse 2
Register snaps with a nickel ring
Bass in my ankle, metallic string (string)
Countertop scratched with a delivery code
Reading every scuff like an open road
Pavement steam rising past my calf
Shadow in the mirror cut clean in half
Keep the weight low, keep the motion deep
Moving while the rest of the city sleep (sleep)
Pre-Chorus
Light on the glass turning neon green
Avenue humming like a live machine
Tires on the curb, hear that hiss?
Nothing in the room gonna hit like this (this)
Chorus
Cold tile preach what the asphalt say
Pulse in the rib till the sky turns gray (gray)
Step on the square, let the kick drum talk
Body got the gospel of the five a.m. walk (walk)
Bridge
Blink of the awning, blue neon spark
Shoulders cutting right through the dark
Freezer door humming like an organ hums
Blood in the temple like rolling drums (drums)
Every quick step is a holy sign
Heel hits linoleum, right on time
Chorus
Cold tile preach what the asphalt say
Pulse in the rib till the sky turns gray (gray)
Step on the square, let the kick drum talk
Body got the gospel of the five a.m. walk (walk)