[Intro/Chorus: Cold mechanical groove enters immediately, deadpan male vocal delivers the hook] - Chord Progression: Em Bm C D Just a name on a list, just a mark on a page Em Bm C D Filed and forgotten, processed and caged Am C G D Stamped and approved by a hand out of sight Em Bm C D Somewhere a lamp burns an efficient light [Verse 1: Vocal tightens, groove locks in, sardonic delivery] - Chord Progression: Em Bm They counted the coats hung along the wall C D They measured the shadows before they'd fall Em Bm A clerk with a stamp and a practiced hand C D Decides who is worthy, who gets to stand [Chorus: Repeat with layered backing vocals] - Chord Progression: Em Bm C D Just a name on a list, just a mark on a page Em Bm C D Filed and forgotten, processed and caged Am C G D Stamped and approved by a hand out of sight Em Bm C D Somewhere a lamp burns an efficient light [Verse 2: Groove intensifies, distorted guitar stabs punctuate] - Chord Progression: Em Bm The forms don't ask you how you like your tea C D They only ask you what you used to be Em Bm A number stitched in place of what you were C D A tidy world where nothing goes to blur [Instrumental: Robotic backing vocals repeat fragments of the hook, clipped drum pattern, rising tension] - Chord Progression: Am - C - G - D (Repeating, mechanical) [Bridge: Vocal cracks with restrained anger, full band pushes forward] - Chord Progression: C D Em Bm Who signed the order, who held the pen C D Em Bm Who drew the line between the where and when C D Am Somebody's fingerprint is still on the file C D Em Somebody slept soundly all the while [Final Chorus: Explosive full arrangement, gang vocal shouts underneath] - Chord Progression: Em Bm C D Just a name on a list, just a mark on a page Em Bm C D Filed and forgotten, processed and caged Am C G D Stamped and approved by a hand out of sight Em Bm C D Somewhere a lamp burns an efficient light [Outro: Groove decays into a single mechanical pulse, vocal repeats "just a name" fading into static] - Chord Progression: Em - Bm (Fading, mechanical pulse) [End]
