Eighty Percent Blues

[Verse]
Eighty percent ain't the whole damn pie
Slice of the sky but never that high
Numbers haunt me in my sleep
Dreams I sow but can’t quite reap

[Chorus]
Eighty percent I’m stuck in between
Not a failure but never pristine
Eighty percent it’s breaking my soul
Almost enough but never quite whole

[Verse 2]
Papers stacked like bricks in a wall
Every question feels so small
Answers scribbled with shaking hands
Aiming for stars but hitting the sand

[Prechorus]
I scream at the void
The void just stares
I claw at the edges
No one cares

[Chorus]
Eighty percent I’m stuck in between
Not a failure but never pristine
Eighty percent it’s breaking my soul
Almost enough but never quite whole

[Bridge]
Teachers preach but they don’t know
What’s it like to scrape the glow
Every grade a mark of shame
Carved into my stupid name