They line up neat On the screen Pretty little rows Meaner than they seem One more zero Then a fall A tiny harmless mark Can take it all Tick, tick Hands get cold Count it wrong And you lose control Look too long You feel the ache Numbers don’t lie But they can break Numbers can kill Numbers can kill One wrong count And you stand so still Numbers can kill Numbers can kill Say it out loud Numbers can kill Rent due Tuesday Light gone black Red on red And there’s no way back Names in a list Bones in a stack One small change Then the whole world cracks Paper cuts deep Debt gets loud Everybody bows To the printed crowd Tick, tick Hands get cold Count it wrong And you lose control Look too long You feel the ache Numbers don’t lie But they can break Numbers can kill Numbers can kill One wrong count And you stand so still Numbers can kill Numbers can kill Say it out loud Numbers can kill Add it up Watch it bloom One little line Fills the room One for the king One for the grave A digit can drag A heart away Numbers can kill Numbers can kill One wrong count And you stand so still Numbers can kill Numbers can kill Say it out loud Numbers can kill
