[Verse 1] Your badge goes red at the elevator door Your name erased from logs you signed before You count the seconds till the gate unlocks While someone upstairs chains you to their clocks [Pre-Chorus] Keep your head down, keep your hands in view Every little mercy cuts through [Chorus] Run the line, bite your tongue They own your minutes, they brand your lungs Hold the door, watch them bleed We are not the numbers they need [Verse 2] The night shift drowns its fear for a token A cracked screen loops the vows they have broken You fold the last pay stub up in your sleeve It stings like proof of how they made you grieve [Pre-Chorus] Keep your head down, keep your hands in view That exit sign is burning through [Chorus] Run the line, bite your tongue They own your minutes, they brand your lungs Hold the door, watch them bleed We are not the numbers they need [Bridge] You pull the plug; the room goes blind The sirens howl like all your stolen time No more begging for permission No more swallowing revision [Final Chorus] Run the line, bite your tongue They own your minutes, they brand your lungs Hold the door, watch them bleed We are not the numbers they need We are not the numbers they need [Outro] The gate gives way We take the stairs, and they taste our prayers
