[Intro]
Neon windows blur my thoughts at 3 a.m.
Counting the corners of a city that never sleeps.
[Verse 1]
Hey you, quiet shadow in the alley of my mind,
We both know the price tags on every closed door.
I’ve walked the line where the numbers grind,
Where ambition wears a hunger you can’t ignore.
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me, what would you risk for the extra zero?
What lines would blur when the debt starts talking back?
[Chorus]
Who decides what’s clean, who decides what’s wrong?
If the money calls loudest, will you still stay strong?
I’m weighing every shortcut with a pulse that won’t lie,
And I ask myself which line will finally divide.
[Verse 2]
Audits of the heart in a ledger of might and fear,
I bargain with the future, whispering, be brave.
Desperation’s currency buys time but not the clear,
And every decision carries a shadow you can’t shave.
[Pre-Chorus]
If the plan goes dark, who bears the blame you name?
When the risk ripples out through each borrowed breath?
[Chorus]
Who decides what’s clean, who decides what’s wrong?
If the money calls loudest, will you still stay strong?
I’m weighing every shortcut with a pulse that won’t lie,
And I ask myself which line will finally divide.
[Bridge]
Maybe the city’s got us, a target on our backs,
A maze of favors owed and debts that never sleep.
If we own the truth we hide, can we ever go back,
Or are we prisoners of the deals we choose to keep?
[Chorus]
Who decides what’s clean, who decides what’s wrong?
If the money calls loudest, will you still stay strong?
I’m weighing every shortcut with a pulse that won’t lie,
And I ask myself which line will finally divide.
[Outro]
Under streetlight halos, I answer in a whisper:
The cost is not the cash, it’s what we become to get it.
