[Intro – low, spoken, almost resigned] Yeah… I hear you… I hear both sides… And all I see… is the same damn fight… [Verse 1] Paper walls and rising heat, Lines are drawn in shifting feet. You built it strong, they drew the line, Now both sides say, “That risk ain’t mine.” Temporary ground, a fragile truth, Buried deep in legal proof. Letters fly with sharpened teeth, Threats of default underneath. [Pre-Chorus] I’ve seen this game a thousand times, Different names, same old lines… [Chorus] We’re pole vaulting over a mouse turd— A mouse turd, a mouse turd… Bending steel just to soothe a word— A mouse turd, a mouse turd… Break our backs for a ghost unheard— A mouse turd, a mouse turd… Yeah we’re pole vaulting over a mouse turd… [Verse 2] You say “design,” they say “means,” Somewhere lost between the seams. Didn’t plan for how it’s built, Now you argue over guilt. Slope stands quiet in the dirt, Still we magnify the hurt. Not a crack, not a fall— Still we brace for worst of all. [Pre-Chorus] Risk gets passed like a loaded gun, Everybody wants to run… [Chorus] We’re pole vaulting over a mouse turd— A mouse turd, a mouse turd… Writing rules that were never heard— A mouse turd, a mouse turd… Fighting hard for a line inferred— A mouse turd, a mouse turd… Yeah we’re pole vaulting over a mouse turd… [Bridge – stripped down, almost reflective] I don’t see villains in this room, Just fear dressed up in different suits. You want it safe, you want it signed, You want no shadow left behind. But every step to kill the doubt, Just ends in another bitter shout… [Breakdown – heavy, distorted] Dig it deeper! Pile it higher! Feed the doubt and fuel the fire! Slow it down to prove we’re right— Lose the war to win the fight! [Final Chorus – louder, raw, almost exhausted] We’re pole vaulting over a mouse turd— A mouse turd, a mouse turd… Year goes by and nothing’s cured— A mouse turd, a mouse turd… Truth gets lost and lines get blurred— A mouse turd, a mouse turd… Yeah we’re pole vaulting over a mouse turd… [Outro – quiet, resigned] Yeah… we cleared it… But what did we win…?
