Verse
Level three, then two, then three again
Ticket stamped at four fifteen
Fluorescent tube hums out of time
Same white line, same crooked sign
Engine idles, exhaust hangs thick
Headlights strobe the concrete ribs
Barrier arm won't lift for me
Red light stuck where green should be
Pre-Chorus
Tell me when the arm goes up
Tell me when the gate lets go
Tell me why the ramp curls back
Down to where I've already been
Chorus
Concrete loop, insomnia
Ramp spins slow, insomnia
Every floor looks like the floor before
Concrete loop insomnia
Verse
Meter ticking, coins run out
Pillar numbers, worn and doubt
Four becomes eleven, eleven's gone
Same tired engine, same white dawn
Mirror shows the wheel I hold
Knuckles pale, the night gone cold
Nowhere down and nowhere up
Just the hum that won't shut up
Pre-Chorus
Tell me when the arm goes up
Tell me when the gate lets go
Tell me why the ramp curls back
Down to where I've already been
Chorus
Concrete loop, insomnia
Ramp spins slow, insomnia
Every floor looks like the floor before
Concrete loop insomnia
Bridge
The gate was open the whole time
I chose the ramp, I chose the climb
Nobody's holding the wheel but me
Concrete keeps what concrete claims
Chorus
Concrete loop, insomnia
Ramp spins slow, insomnia
Every floor looks like the floor before
Concrete loop insomnia
