[Prelude]
Quiet corridors hum with ancient grief
Dim bulbs flicker, nothing in relief
Bookmarks frozen in a borrowed day
Unread longing filed and tucked away

[Verse -1]
Blankest ticket pressed between my hands
Forgotten borrow slips in rubber bands
Rows of silence bent upon my route
Curled cover corners, hopes that time ran out

[Verse 0]
Neon flicker hums above the granite floor
Stacks of knowledge I avoided like a chore
Spines uncracked, their titles judging low and dry
Grey rubber stamps echoing a borrowed sigh

[Pre-Chorus]
Check-out dates fading into dust
Another pile of paper, another lack of trust

[Chorus]
A debt of words I never even whispered
They haunt those hollow pages on my mind
Silent accusations from the ink-blot clerks
Paper cuts that never seem to heal with time

[Post-Chorus]
Oh oh oh
Oh oh

[Verse 2]
A letter slipped beneath my splintered door
Stamped regret in lo-fi monochrome
The Dewey code was fate I never chose
Stacked reminders of how little I have known

[Pre-Chorus]
Lost receipts for knowledge never gained
Another fine for moments left behind

[Chorus]
A debt of words I never even whispered
They haunt those hollow pages on my mind
Silent accusations from the ink-blot clerks
Paper cuts that never seem to heal with time

[Post-Chorus]
Oh oh oh
Oh oh

[Bridge]
The overdue slips gather in a pile
Mocking me with titles I can't recall
Shelves lined with guilt and borrowed denial
Fining my innocence for nothing at all

[Chorus]
A debt of words I never even whispered
They haunt those hollow pages on my mind
Silent accusations from the ink-blot clerks
Paper cuts that never seem to heal with time

[Post-Chorus]
Oh oh oh
Oh oh

[Outro]
Dust motes drifting through the morning sun
Another summons pinned to the wall
Unread chapters waiting to become
Just another forgotten protocol
Dust motes drifting through the morning sun
Another summons pinned to the wall
Unread chapters waiting to become
Just another forgotten protocol

[Coda]
Ledger lines trailing off in regret
Late fees written in a trembling hand
Unopened letters and mounting debt
A quiet record I’ll never withstand

[Post-Chorus]
Oh oh oh
Oh oh

[Final Verse]
Stacks of warnings yellowing in shade
An archive of intentions shelved away
My name inked poorly on another page
An unread promise fading day by day

[Coda]
Some debts are paid with silence and dust
Returning nothing but carrying the cost
A quiet sigh as the shelves adjust
To the stories misplaced and lost

[Post-Chorus]
Oh oh oh
Oh oh

[Fadeout Verse]
Somewhere a catalogue card turns to grey
Indexing guilt in forgotten drawers
A librarian sighs, filing me away
With others who borrowed and ignored

[Soft Post-Chorus]
Oh oh oh
Oh oh

[Whispered Coda]
Last reminder slips beneath my skin
Paperbound worries quietly accrue
All these borrowed hours wearing thin
Stamped overdue, long overdue

