I just built half the damn city and now my kids are gone my house is a tomb and my wife looks at me like I'm some kind of ghost too like who even are you like I can't even remember the last time we talked about anything but bills or what's for dinner I had a whole crew a whole team every day I knew what I was doing and now I just sit here the coffee's cold the sun's not even up and I'm just… nothing man I'm just fucking nothing.
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