[INTRO] [sound: distant diesel engine, air brakes, warehouse radio static] [CHECKERFLAG-9 — male, crisp filtered radio voice, calm rally co-driver] Trailer coming in. [REDLINE-04 — male, close vocal, tired] Which dock? [CHECKERFLAG-9] Zero. [pause] [REDLINE-04] Copy. [sound: forklift ignition] --- [VERSE 1] [REDLINE-04 — male, driving vocal] No number painted No light overhead Just a strip of concrete And a truck up ahead The driver waves once Like he's been here before I pull around slowly And find Dock Zero --- [sound: reverse alarm] [WORKER — male, casual] There it is. --- [REDLINE-04] Wasn't on the board. --- [WORKER] Didn't need to be. --- [CHORUS] [REDLINE-04 — male, energetic] Dock Zero! No sign! No line! No number! Still mine! Open the door! Move the freight! Don't ask where It came from late! --- [VERSE 2] [sound: trailer doors opening] [REDLINE-04] Cases looked normal Labels looked strange Same product again Different date Different name I checked the paperwork Once Then twice The driver just waited Like everything's right --- [CHECKERFLAG-9 — filtered radio] Keep moving. [REDLINE-04] Copy. [sound: forklift moving] --- [VERSE 3] [REDLINE-04] One pallet went out Then another came in The trailer looked empty We loaded again I turned for a second The concrete was bare No trailer No driver No dock over there --- [sound: warehouse ambience] --- [WORKER — male, casual] You done? [REDLINE-04] Yeah. --- [WORKER] Good. --- [BRIDGE] [sound: radio static] [REDLINE-04 — quieter] Checker. --- [CHECKERFLAG-9] Yeah? --- [REDLINE-04] Where was Dock Zero? [pause] --- [CHECKERFLAG-9] Where you left it. --- [REDLINE-04] It's not there. --- [CHECKERFLAG-9] Keep moving. --- [sound: guitars rise, forklift accelerates] --- [FINAL CHORUS] [REDLINE-04 — powerful, exhausted] Dock Zero! No sign! No line! No number! Still mine! Open the door! Move the freight! Don't ask where It came from late! --- [OUTRO] [sound: forklift slowing, radio static] [WORKER — male, casual, distant] Nice unload. [REDLINE-04] Thanks. [pause] [REDLINE-04 — quieter] Which dock was that? [silence] [CHECKERFLAG-9 — faint filtered radio] Next assignment. [sound: radio static cuts] [END TRANSMISSION]
