Synth pad swells
Your corner office view
Watching over everything you do
Remember coffee shops and vinyl
Back when time was on our side
Thrift store clothes and big dreams
Before you learned to live inside
Now I see you through the window panes
Designer suit and perfect hair
The way you walk past all our old cafes
Like you were never even there
You traded your smile for a high-rise view
Counting floors to the top
Lost yourself in what you thought was true
But baby, when will it stop?
You traded your smile for a high-rise view
(For a high-rise view)
Meetings run your calendar
No time for late-night calls
Your laugh sounds calculated
Behind those perfect walls
I miss the way you'd dance without a care
Before the corner office dream
Now every move is choreographed with flair
Nothing's quite what it seems
You traded your smile for a high-rise view
Counting floors to the top
Lost yourself in what you thought was true
But baby, when will it stop?
You traded your smile for a high-rise view
(For a high-rise view)
I see you through the tinted glass
Executive suite, 42nd floor
But do you see yourself at last?
Are you keeping score?
You traded your smile for a high-rise view
(For a high-rise view)
Your corner office view
Watching over everything you do
Remember coffee shops and vinyl
Back when time was on our side
Thrift store clothes and big dreams
Before you learned to live inside
Now I see you through the window panes
Designer suit and perfect hair
The way you walk past all our old cafes
Like you were never even there
You traded your smile for a high-rise view
Counting floors to the top
Lost yourself in what you thought was true
But baby, when will it stop?
You traded your smile for a high-rise view
(For a high-rise view)
Meetings run your calendar
No time for late-night calls
Your laugh sounds calculated
Behind those perfect walls
I miss the way you'd dance without a care
Before the corner office dream
Now every move is choreographed with flair
Nothing's quite what it seems
You traded your smile for a high-rise view
Counting floors to the top
Lost yourself in what you thought was true
But baby, when will it stop?
You traded your smile for a high-rise view
(For a high-rise view)
I see you through the tinted glass
Executive suite, 42nd floor
But do you see yourself at last?
Are you keeping score?
You traded your smile for a high-rise view
(For a high-rise view)