Play it Close to the Bulletproof Vest

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[Verse 1]
Limo shine on a rain-soaked street
Sound rising like a bad debt due
Faceless lenses sweepin' corners
Everybody smiling - nobody true

The hand that leaves the pocket would change the air
A misread twitch and the whole world turns
Hard-wired collars listen harder 
For deadly lessons never learned

[Chorus]
Play it close to the bulletproof vest
Hiding tells where they won't be read
Faces at the table look calm enough
But someone here's hiding cards instead

Play  it close to the bulletproof vest
Luck runs out when your hand's  too hot
You can shuffle the deck all night long
But you can’t hide the cards you brought

[Verse]
Spreading thru the crowd with a borrowed name
Doors tested, count exits, the monster's small
But everywhere had image in every eye
And silence stacked against him wall to wall

Stir the motion slow as winter wolves
No needless motion, no carried voice
patience that pressure hates
When panic seizes all remaining choice

[Chorus]
Play it close to the bulletproof vest
Hiding tells where they won't be read
Faces at the table look calm enough
But someone here's hiding cards instead

Play  it close to the bulletproof vest
Luck runs out when the hand's too hot
You can shuffle the deck all night long
But you can’t hide the cards you brought

[Bridge]
Some gamble for money
Some for pride
Some push chips to the center
Of a black hole left inside

Room shrinking narrow
And time gets thin
Truth shows up uninvited
When the wolves move in

[Chorus]
Play it close to the bulletproof vest
No cheers when the last hand ends
That unearned swagger folds in a second flat
When steel and guts raise the ante again

Play it close to the bulletproof vest
History in a single room
Everybody loves the danger
Till their bluff is called too soon

2026/7500

"We would like to thank you all for coming out tonight! We have one more for ya! This is about a psycho who just tried to kill some people while they were out trying to have a good time! Well, WE'RE gonna have a good time anyway! Right?! Yeah! Let's GO!" [Verse 1] Limo shine on a rain-soaked street Sound rising like a bad debt due Faceless lenses sweepin' corners Everybody smiling - nobody true The hand that leaves the pocket would change the air A misread twitch and the whole world turns Hard-wired collars listen harder For deadly lessons never learned [Chorus] Play it close to the bulletproof vest Hiding tells where they won't be read Faces at the table look calm enough But someone here's hiding cards instead Play it close to the bulletproof vest Luck runs out when your hand's too hot You can shuffle the deck all night long But you can’t hide the cards you brought [Verse] Spreading thru the crowd with a borrowed name Doors tested, count exits, the monster's small But everywhere had image in every eye And silence stacked against him wall to wall Stir the motion slow as winter wolves No needless motion, no carried voice patience that pressure hates When panic seizes all remaining choice [Chorus] Play it close to the bulletproof vest Hiding tells where they won't be read Faces at the table look calm enough But someone here's hiding cards instead Play it close to the bulletproof vest Luck runs out when the hand's too hot You can shuffle the deck all night long But you can’t hide the cards you brought [Bridge] Some gamble for money Some for pride Some push chips to the center Of a black hole left inside Room shrinking narrow And time gets thin Truth shows up uninvited When the wolves move in [Chorus] Play it close to the bulletproof vest No cheers when the last hand ends That unearned swagger folds in a second flat When steel and guts raise the ante again Play it close to the bulletproof vest History in a single room Everybody loves the danger Till their bluff is called too soon

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