a song to quit your job to
KŌAN anti-work fantasy: delete Outlook, silence the Pavlov phone, sit your ass on the beach on a Monday: not gonna work another day here, watching money disappear and feeling free.
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ISRC QZNWY2174560 (soundexchange)
Track eight on KŌAN, on KŌAN B (May 2022) and the full LP. Also a standalone single. The title does the job: this is the song you play when you’re done.
It runs the resignation in plain language, from the spreadsheet nightmare (40 years till I retire) through COVID-office politics (boss wants bodies back, cut my hourly to cover losses while I sat in the traffic) to the beach. The honest twist is in the second hook, I’m feeling so free watching money disappear, freedom and financial panic in the same breath, and with my whole family turns it from solo escape to household dream. The bridge is digital detox, the corporate leash as software: no Outlook or Teams, ima Pavlovian dog with notification tones, until imma silence my phone locks out both the boss and the algorithm.
Same beach-Monday register as JAZZ FLUTE (ain’t got shit to do) and a preview of Moonlight Beach, Encinitas as the place you quit toward, not just a vacation. Pairs with 4:20 pm, another permission-to-stop-worrying clock, on the full LP.
360° music video + spatial audio with Max Horwich, also on /music/#selected-videos.
Written, performed, and mixed by Luke Francis Walton. Mastered by Riley Knapp. Artwork by Grizzard Graphics.
Lyrics
I'm not gonna work another day here Give me one good reason I should stay here Working every weekend ima die here Probably wearing company attire 40 years till I retire My boss say he want us in the office At home yeah he really cannot trust us He cut my hourly to cover losses While I sat in the traffic I'm not gonna work another day here I made up my mind And now I'm gonna disappear Imma sit my ass on the beach Feel the sand under me Been so long since I chilled on a Monday Never gonna work another day here I'm feeling so free watching money disappear Imma sit my ass on the beach With my whole family No I'm not gonna work Not gonna work Nah nah No I'm not gonna work Not gonna work Nah nah No I'm not gonna work, no I'm deleting all of your apps from my phone No Outlook or Teams Yeah you'll leave me alone Ima Pavlovian dog With notification tones But imma silence my phone Yeah I'll silence my phone And you gon leave me alone Cuz I will silence my phone I'm not gonna work another day here I made up my mind And now I'm gonna disappear Imma sit my ass on the beach Feel the sand under me Been so long since I chilled on a Monday Never gonna work another day here I'm feeling so free watching money disappear Imma sit my ass on the beach With my whole family No I'm not gonna work Not gonna work Nah nah No I'm not gonna work Not gonna work Nah nah No I'm not gonna work, no I'm not gonna work Not gonna work Nah nah