"Gap Year" lyrics

Slept the whole weekend and woke up owing something
Rest doesn't rest anymore, it just passes
Payday came and went, I watched it happen
Same number in the account, give or take

Everybody says the tunnel ends
Nobody says which year
I keep walking with a hand along the wall
Feeling for a door

Gap year, gap year
Not a holiday, not a plan
Gap year, gap year
Let me stop before I break something

Did the math at 2am, then did it again
Savings divided by rent, divided by how long
It works if nothing happens
Nothing ever doesn't happen

I'm not lazy, I want that on record
I've worked every year since I was nineteen
It's just that working stopped adding up to anything
And one day I noticed

Gap year, gap year
Not a holiday, not escape
Gap year, gap year
Let me stop before I break something

I'd come back after. That's the part nobody hears.
I'm not quitting, I'm asking for a pause
One year and I'd have something left to spend
Right now there's nothing in there. Nothing.

Gap year, gap year
Not a holiday, not a plan
Gap year, gap year
One year and I'd be someone again