[Intro] Hush now—count the teeth in the gears One, two—nothing here is what it appears [Verse 1] Paper stacks climb to the ceiling fan Names go missing from the filing plan A hand keeps tapping at the glass You feed it once; it learns to ask [Pre-Chorus] They call it coverage, call it care A tidy label for a snare Look past the stamp, look past the seal You know the bruise; you know what's real [Chorus] Cut the feed! Break the frame! Take your hours, take your name! Step outside the counting room Kick the locks and make it bloom! [Verse 2] Winter coats around a table's edge Quiet deals with a paper pledge Old stone, new screens, the trick survives Change the mask, keep the same design [Whisper] Soft hands. Hard lines. A little nudge, a borrowed mind. [Verse 3] Clips get buried, rumors run Corrections come when the damage is done One script passed from screen to screen Till the crowd repeats what it hasn't seen [Break] Stop—start! Left—right! Wrong door! All bite! [Chorus] Cut the feed! Break the frame! Take your hours, take your name! Step outside the counting room Kick the locks and make it bloom! [Bridge] No more borrowed eyes No more rented fear Keep the facts in reach Keep each other near [Final Chorus] Cut the feed! Break the frame! Take your hours, take your name! Step outside the counting room Kick the locks and make it bloom! [Final Pivot] Now tiptoe, little paper king Your tiny crown has lost its spring A rubber bat, a pumpkin grin The door swings wide—come tumble in!
