Static Cling

[Intro]
[Verse]
Fluorescent light flickers fast
Shadows on the linoleum cast
Two a.m. and I'm still here
Folding shirts for the coming year
A faded Joy Division tee
Washed out just like you and me
You check your phone for the time
Committing a social crime
[Pre-Chorus]
She smiles a practiced lie
Watching all the bleach go by
He nods but his eyes are dead
Thinking of the rent instead
[Chorus]
Static cling and social grace
Hiding every single trace
Wash the guilt right off your skin
Let the heavy spin begin
Click-clack goes the metal door
We don't talk here anymore
[Post-Chorus]
Spin it round
Spin it down
Lost and found
In this town
[Verse]
The baritone guitar stabs deep
While the city goes to sleep
A stranger drops a silver coin
Watching where the bubbles join
He says the weather’s quite a mess
Ignoring all his deep distress
I smooth a wrinkle in the black
There is no way of going back
[Pre-Chorus]
Plastic chairs and cold caffeine
Part of this mundane machine
Polite words for a bitter soul
Losing every bit of control
[Chorus]
Static cling and social grace
Hiding every single trace
Wash the guilt right off your skin
Let the heavy spin begin
Click-clack goes the metal door
We don't talk here anymore
[Bridge]
Centrifugal force pulls us apart
Tearing at the fabric of the heart
Hot air blowing through the vent
Wondering where the money went
Tumble dry the bitter truth
Wasted on a restless youth
[Breakdown]
The synth is warbling out of tune
Underneath a neon moon
A pile of socks without a pair
Just like the people standing there
Performative and neatly pressed
Acting like we're unimpressed
[Chorus]
Static cling and social grace
Hiding every single trace
Wash the guilt right off your skin
Let the heavy spin begin
Click-clack goes the metal door
We don't talk here anymore
[Post-Chorus]
Spin it round
Spin it down
Lost and found
In this town
[Outro]