I Quit Today

[Verse 1]

Badge clipped crooked on a borrowed shirt

Coffee tastes like pennies, every minute hurts

Boss keeps pointing at a spreadsheet screen

I hear a kick drum hiding underneath the machine

[Pre-Chorus]

I signed my name, then crossed it out

My hands are shaking, but I'm walking out

[Chorus]

I quit today, so turn it up

No more folding my dreams in a paper cup

I quit today, let the whole town know

I'm trading punch-in time for a one-way road

Hey! Hey! We won't wait!

Hey! Hey! We're wide awake!

I quit today, and I won't apologize

There's a song in my chest and a fire in my eyes

[Verse 2]

Security light buzzing over bay nineteen

I left my keys beside the vending machine

Called my friends from the bus-stop bench

Said, "Meet me at rehearsal—I'm done paying rent"

[Pre-Chorus]

The future's thin, the paycheck's gone

But every wrong turn gets me closer to the dawn

[Chorus]

I quit today, so turn it up

No more folding my dreams in a paper cup

I quit today, let the whole town know

I'm trading punch-in time for a one-way road

Hey! Hey! We won't wait!

Hey! Hey! We're wide awake!

I quit today, and I won't apologize

There's a song in my chest and a fire in my eyes

[Bridge]

If I crash, I'll crash with the windows down

If I lose, I'll lose where the loudest crowds are found

One last look at that fluorescent cage

Then I tear my name off the schedule page

[Gang Shout]

Get out! Get loud! Get moving!

Get out! Get loud! Keep choosing!

[Final Chorus]

I quit today, so turn it up

No more folding my dreams in a paper cup

I quit today, let the whole town know

I'm trading punch-in time for a one-way road

Hey! Hey! We won't wait!

Hey! Hey! We're wide awake!

I quit today, and I won't apologize

There's a song in my chest and a fire in my eyes

[Outro]

Tomorrow can knock, but I'm not home

I found my way out, now I'm taking it on the road