Midwest Hotel - Mattiel

In a Midwest hotel

A man waits for his meal

And he knows so well

The corners and baseboards of his eight-by-eight cell

And he needs it

So much that he’d never leave it

For the sake of his mental health

Watch it anytime he spends it on anybody other than his working class self

Oh, pull that chain a little tighter, man

'Til you start to relax and all the angels laugh

'Cause you don’t get to have it back

Oh, show them all you were a fighter, man

Won’t you look at that?

Now you’re covered in sweat, tryin' so hard to forget

In the hindsight

He couldn’t spare a minute of his time

Did what he thought was right

For the simple exchange of his appetite

And on the third floor

He gets up out of bed again

Can’t remember what he’s lookin' for

So he tries every code to the lock on his door

Oh, pull that chain a little tighter, man

'Til you start to relax and all the angels laugh

'Cause you don’t get to have it back

Oh, show them all you were a fighter, man

Won’t you look at that?

Now you’re covered in sweat, tryin' so hard to forget

Oh, pull that chain a little tighter, man

'Til you start to relax and all the angels laugh

'Cause you don’t get to have it back

Oh, show them all you were a fighter, man

Won’t you look at that?

Now you’re covered in sweat, tryin' so hard to forget

Oh, pull that chain a little tighter, man

'Til you start to relax and all the angels laugh

'Cause you don’t get to have it back

Oh, show them all you were a fighter, man

Won’t you look at that?

Now you’re covered in sweat, tryin' so hard to forget