[Intro] (piano ostinato, single note, suspended) [Verse 1] Your count is still in the detector Under a number I won't name The emission on the counter proved you were present A Tuesday in the margins of a half-life that continues [Hook] Something decays Something won't reach zero Something decays Something [Chorus] Decay Rate what you left Decay Rate still reads as you Decay Rate the counter keeps it Decay Rate I can't reach zero [Verse 2] Spectrometer would find you in the signature of the sample Half-life of an isotope longer than the measurement expected The particle of a departure still counted still registering as present [Hook] Something decays Something won't reach zero Something decays Something [Chorus] Decay Rate what you left Decay Rate still reads as you Decay Rate the counter keeps it Decay Rate I can't reach zero [Bridge] (piano only) (voice, cut glass) I measured the sample twice Both times still active [Final Chorus] Decay Rate what persists Decay Rate has no zero Decay Rate nothing completes Decay Rate I was the source [Outro] Still counting... Still counting...
