
Press Mic
[Verse 1: High-octane Montreal female rock lead, belted open] Third period lights and a board full of red Feed light dies and the board tech plays dead Crowd still explodes at a play I can see Nobody downstream gets the call from me I keep my mouth on the mic anyway Paint every pass like the tape will obey Goal lights flash and I name every stick Dead air below me and I still make it quick [Pre-Chorus: High-octane Montreal female rock lead, rising] Feed light dead and the crowd still screams I keep painting goals into broken streams [Chorus: High-octane Montreal female rock lead, belted, full chest] Keep the call, even when the board dies Archive needs truth more than living eyes I talk to a void so the moment can stay Keep the call, even when the board dies [Verse 2: High-octane Montreal female rock lead, mic thump, she thumps the dead mic once, then the band hits as she calls the goal from memory into the archive] Thump on the mic and the band comes alive I rebuild the goal from the rush I survived Later the engineer finds my local take Slots it in clean for the fans who stayed late Board tech shrugs like I wasted my breath I shrug right back with a tape that beat death Montreal cold on the glass of the booth Call means the play gets a permanent truth [Chorus: High-octane Montreal female rock lead, belted, full chest] Keep the call, even when the board dies Archive needs truth more than living eyes I talk to a void so the moment can stay Keep the call, even when the board dies [Bridge: High-octane Montreal female rock lead, listing the play] One for the rush and two for the pass Three for the shot that still shattered the glass Four for the feed that abandoned the night Five for the call that still treated it right [Verse 3: High-octane Montreal female rock lead, full force] I am not the star and I am not the score I am the voice that still opens the door When the board goes dark I do not go mute History hates a conveniently cute Press box coffee and a headset that bites Keep means more than a signal of lights Keep means a goal that the tape can still own Keep means I talk when the feed turns to stone [Final Hook: High-octane Montreal female rock lead, belted, full chest] Keep the call, even when the board dies Archive needs truth more than living eyes I talk to a void so the moment can stay Keep the call, even when the board dies [Outro: High-octane Montreal female rock lead, loud, the last mic thump rings out and fades] Keep the call Even when The board dies [End]

