Paper Trail

DREY

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Backstory

Every move leaves a paper trail. This one traces mine from nothing to now.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Started with a name on a dotted line
Mama's rent check, three months behind
Every receipt tells a story if you read it right
Bus passes, late fees, cold apartment nights
I kept every record like a witness to the climb
Because nobody believes you without proof of the grind

[Chorus]
Follow the paper trail
From the bottom of the drawer to the top of the hill
Every dollar, every deal, every door that was sealed
The paper don't lie — it remembers what's real

[Verse 2]
Contracts got thicker, signatures got bold
But the ledger still carries what the money couldn't hold
Names crossed out, partnerships gone cold
Friendships filed under debts I never owed
They audit your success but they skip the cost
Skip the pages soaked in everything I lost

[Bridge]
Somewhere in a box there's a version of me
Who signed his name like it was finally free
I trace it with my finger now
Barely recognize the man, but I know the vow

[Outro]
The trail don't end here
I'm still writing receipts
Still leaving proof I was alive