[Verse 1 – Male] Empty courtroom on the late-night channel, no one in the seats but me Host in a second-hand suit reads charges like a shopping list on TV Every file’s got my handwriting, every tape’s my grainy face I try to laugh it off as fiction, but I know I’m at the caseI’ve been bargaining with shadows, trading good days for my debt Trying to balance out the bad ones with a list of things I “get” But the more I count my efforts, the more the numbers don’t add up I’m overdrafted in my conscience, running out of borrowed luck[Chorus – Female lead, Male under] Justified in the static, cleared in the white noise glow All the weight of what I carried falling off like a broken show I was guilty in the replay, every frame said I was wrong But a voice cut through the feedback, said the blame’s no longer on Justified in the static, in the flicker of that light I’m not clean by how I lived it, I’m declared clean overnight[Verse 2 – Male] I used to think that if I stood just right, the lens would miss my scars Stay in soft focus, talk polite, collect approving stars But underneath my careful angles, under every careful pose There’s a stack of quiet verdicts only my own heart knowsThen a headline crossed my vision like a glitch across the screen Not about what I’d done better, but what someone did for me Like the judgment got re-written, like the gavel hit the floor Saying “paid in full” above the mess I couldn’t pay for anymore[Chorus – Female lead, Male echoes] Justified in the static, cleared in the white noise glow All the weight of what I carried falling off like a broken show I was guilty in the replay, every frame said I was wrong But a voice cut through the feedback, said the blame’s no longer on Justified in the static, in the flicker of that light I’m not clean by how I lived it, I’m declared clean overnight[Bridge – Both] All my reasons, all my alibis Burn like film in brighter eyes I don’t stand here by my story told I’m standing on a word already carved in gold[Final Chorus – Female lead, Male ad-libs] Justified in the static, cleared in the white noise glow All the weight of what I carried falling off like a broken show I was guilty in the replay, every frame said I was wrong But a voice cut through the feedback, said the blame’s no longer on Justified in the static, in the humming of this night I’m not clean by how I lived it, I’m declared clean in that light
