SIT, UBU, SIT

I don’t remember the show

Don’t remember who lied, who folded, who told

But I remember the dog

Black screen glow, day already gone

Mama on the couch, remote warm in her hand

Dad half-sleep like he worked too damn hard

Then the voice come in calm like a bedtime rule

“Sit, Ubu, sit…” whole room froze too

That wasn’t TV

That was a signal to land

Little leash on the day

Pulled the noise out your head by command

No punchline, no gun, no cliff to hang from

Just a dog and a sentence sayin’ “we done”

Sit, Ubu, sit… good dog

That wasn’t branding, that was balm

End of the night, end of the spin

Everybody still, just breathin’ again

Sit, Ubu, sit… good dog

Proof you don’t gotta shout to feel strong

Funny how a sentence could quiet a house

Homework paused, kitchen lights dimmed out

Tomorrow got school, tonight still wins

One soft line let the whole day end

It ain’t about the dog

That dog never moved

It’s about permission to stop

Without feelin’ rude

No autoplay guilt

No “one more thing”

Just a clean-ass ending America believed

That voice said rest

Said you made it through

Whatever went wrong today ain’t followin’ you

Sit, Ubu, sit… good dog

Comma in the sentence of a tired heart

No sequel tease, no cliffhanger lie

Just a voice sayin’ “it’s alright”

Sit, Ubu, sit… good dog

Sometimes the smallest things last the longest, dawg

We remember it ‘cause it didn’t ask for nothin’

Didn’t sell us joy, didn’t try to be somethin’

It trusted silence

Trusted the night

Trusted we knew when to turn out the light

Now everything blinkin’, beggin’ to stay

Back then one line knew how to walk away

That dog had manners

That dog had grace

That dog knew endings still got a place

Maybe we miss it ‘cause it let us breathe

Or it sounded like authority without bein’ mean

Or maybe deep down we still wanna hear

“Good job, you’re done, tomorrow’s right here”

FINAL HOOK

Sit, Ubu, sit… good dog

End of the show, end of the log

Lights click off, house go still

World feel safe for just a lil’

Sit, Ubu, sit… good dog

That wasn’t TV

That was love talkin’ soft

Good dog.

…yeah.

Real good dog.