Burning Out Again | Token Count Records

Another year, another fire. For everyone who has been called resilient one time too many. A weary verse, a chorus that finally gets loud, and a trumpet that sounds like it hasn’t slept either. Stay for the quiet bridge. Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:14 Verse 1 0:45 Verse 2 1:13 Pre-Chorus 1:30 Chorus 2:02 Instrumental 2:13 Verse 3 2:43 Pre-Chorus 2:58 Chorus 3:29 Guitar solo 3:42 Bridge 4:16 Instrumental build 4:26 Final chorus 4:57 Outro Lyrics Verse 1 An old friend called me, yesterday Told them I just lost my job We used to talk about the future Now we talk about what things cost They asked me how I was doing I didn't know what to say There's always someone needing something And always something left to pay Verse 2 Another once-in-a-lifetime Pandemic... Recession... War... It's breaking news again this morning And I can't feel anything, anymore I put my phone face-down at breakfast And try to start another day How can you call it a crisis When it never goes away? Pre-Chorus They call it being resilient Like we're supposed to feel proud We've spent our whole lives pushing And I don't know how to come down Chorus Cause I'm burning out again Another year, another fire I thought we'd finally catch our breath But the water keeps getting higher Don't tell us we're resilient Like that's how this should end I'm trying just to feel alive But I'm burning out again Verse 3 The things we used to count on Come with payments we can't make They sell us back the time they took Then ask us why we need a break Every morning wants an answer Every evening wants a fight I'm too tired to be hopeful But too stubborn not to try Pre-Chorus They say we ought to feel accomplished Like the work was all it cost They can see the things we've built here But can't see the things we've lost Chorus I'm fucking burning out again Another year, another fire I thought we'd finally catch our breath But the water keeps getting higher Don't tell us we're resilient Like that's how this should end I'm trying just to feel alive But I'm burning out again Bridge I made a schedule for my breakdown I'm already running late I put "learn to take a breather" On a list of things that can wait And when somebody calls me strong I never know what to say I wasn't trying to be inspiring I was trying to get through the day Final Chorus But I'm burning out again Another year, another fire I thought we'd finally catch our breath But the water keeps getting higher Don't tell us we're resilient When I've got nothing left to give Every day takes another piece Of the life I'm trying to live Outro I still have people I love And things I want to make I just need the world to leave me Something it doesn't take I just wanna feel whole again Content note: explicit lyrics.