Loop

Alarm rings, it’s 6:05
Tie is straight, I’m half alive
Packed train, strangers eye to eye
No one talks, we all comply
Real work done at 10 AM
Coffee cools beside the pen
Typed the same words yesterday
Dreams postponed and filed away

Copy, paste, then scroll again
Another week that feels the same
Smiling mask, rehearsed replies
I’m still here, but don’t know why

Loop
Wake, ride, work, eat, home
Loop
Same screen, same bentō
Loop
Heartbeat lost in monochrome
行き詰まってます

Tiny desk and paper walls
Silent phones and echoed calls
Rain outside, fluorescent glow
I watch the hours come and go
Elevator to the ground
Late-night コンビニ sounds
Take-out meal and bathroom light
Sleep by screens, no rest at night

Hope is something I once knew
Hidden deep in folder two
Is this life or just a script
Running lines I never picked?

Loop
Wake, ride, work, eat, home
Loop
Same screen, same bentō
Loop
Heartbeat lost in monochrome
行き詰まってます

Loop
Wake, ride, work, eat, home
Loop
Same screen, same bentō
Loop
Heartbeat lost in monochrome
行き詰まってます

Loop
Wake, ride, work, eat, home
Loop
Same screen, same bentō
Loop
Heartbeat lost in monochrome
やめましょう。

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