ALSTUDIO - Hearts are bankrupt

Emotions spread thin...

Every piece of me, so tired
Mouthing words that never feed
Underneath the weight, I'm crumbling
Can't spend feelings, that's the creed

In the race for cash, joy's tumbling
Chasing dreams on borrowed time...
But what's the cost, what's the play?
Hearts are bankrupt by design
Singing songs of yesterday

Can't deposit smiles or laughter
The bank of life, it's always gray

They say emotions don't pay the bills
That's the mantra of the gray-suit hills
But can't buy happiness with a paper chase
No tender's worth the light of your grace

So I'll sing with a voice that's breaking free
Barely living, but we say it's life
That's what they're selling, under city lights
A currency of tears tucked away
Will this debt of heartache ever fade?

The clock ticks life away in whispers
Yet here we are, the money's prisoners

Every piece of me, so tired
Mouthing words that never feed
Underneath the weight, I'm crumbling
Can't spend feelings, that's the creed
In the race for cash, joy's tumbling