Ash Before Noon

[Verse 1] Ash in the coffee cup, ash on the floor Ash in the throat from the laugh the night before Curtain half-open letting in a weak white glare Everything in the room looks used and aware Shoes by the bed like they know the route Wallet on the chair, same lie, same suit The day comes in already wearing the night And I can feel the cycle waking Before I’m even upright [Pre-Chorus] It starts again Before the hour has a name It starts again In the taste, in the shake, in the drag [Chorus] Ash before noon That’s what the morning leaves Ash before noon And the body still believes Ash before noon Like the burn keeps paying rent Just enough left To do it all again [Verse 2] Mirror says workable, close enough clean Jaw set right, eyes not giving too much away Phone buzzing somewhere under yesterday’s shirt I let it ring out like that changes what it is Kitchen light humming with the patience of a judge Cheap bread on the counter, tap running dull And underneath all of it, the same old pull Not loud Not new Just there Like it never left the room [Pre-Chorus] It starts again Before the shame can fully land It starts again In the ache, in the need, in the hand [Chorus] Ash before noon That’s what the morning leaves Ash before noon And the body still believes Ash before noon Like the burn keeps paying rent Just enough left To do it all again [Bridge] No crisis No plea No lesson dressed up clean Just the old hunger Back in the wiring Before the day can mean a thing Just the room Still holding smoke Even after the window’s been cracked Like some part of me Wants the ruin back [Final Chorus] Ash before noon That’s what the daylight gets Ash before noon And the debt ain’t finished yet Ash before noon Like the fire still wants a home Just enough left To keep the empty warm [Outro] Sink full Light bad Tongue thick Head dragged