[Intro - Female Voice] Hello, I’m from billing, and there’s a few things I want to go over before the doctor comes in. [Verse 1] I pay them every month just to pray I don’t get sick, ’cause the second that I need it, there’s a dagger in the print. I got a pain in my chest but I’m scared to make the call, ’cause my premium buys a promise that don’t cover me at all. What’s one more deep breath if the doctor’s out of reach? What’s one more bad night when the cure’s got a fee? Call it deductible, call it out-of-network too, wrap it up in fine print, like that changes what you do. If I pay to be protected but I’m punished when I bleed, you can name it what you want, but it’s all fraud to me. [Pre-Chorus] Hold, please, while the sky falls down. Hold, please, while they price me out. If I make it till morning, if I live through the night, there’ll be a bill in the mailbox with my name spelled right. [Chorus] Too broke to live, too cheap to die, too sick for mercy, too late to cry. No pearly gates, no lullaby, just a payment plan and a claim denied. What’s one more deep breath when they charge me for air? One more borrowed heartbeat with the devil downstairs. Too broke to live, too cheap to die, hell ain’t a fire, it’s an itemized why. [Drop / Chant] Too broke to live. Too cheap to die. Hell ain’t a fire, it’s an itemized why. Too broke to live. Too cheap to die. One more breath, one more bill, one more reason why. [Verse 2] I don’t fear the reaper, I fear the fine print more. I fear the friendly letter from the billing office door. I fear the coded language, the deductible attack, the out-of-network dagger sliding slowly in my back. I fear the smiling voices saying, “Sorry, that’s denied,” like my body is a loophole they were trained to leave behind. [Pre-Chorus] Hold, please, while the heart gives out. Hold, please, while they transfer me around. If mercy has a number, then I’m fifth in line, with a broken little body and a balance due by five. [Chorus] Too broke to live, too cheap to die, too sick for mercy, too late to cry. No pearly gates, no lullaby, just a payment plan and a claim denied. Too broke to live, too cheap to die, hell ain’t a fire, it’s an itemized why. [Post-Chorus / Drop] Too broke to live. Too cheap to die. Hell ain’t a fire, it’s an itemized why. Too broke to live. Too cheap to die. They don’t save your soul, they just total the price. [Bridge / Breakdown] No harp, no light, just fluorescent white. No pearly gates, just negotiated rates. No fire, no chains, just unpaid claims. No final bell, just customer service in hell. No smoke, no screams, just policy screens. No monsters in sight, just the balance due in white. [Final Build] One more breath. One more debt. One more prayer they won’t accept. One more call. One more fee. One more demon billing me. One more breath. One more lie. Too broke to live. Too cheap to die. [Final Chorus / Drop] Too broke to live, too cheap to die, too sick for mercy, too late to cry. No pearly gates, no lullaby, just a payment plan and a claim denied. Too broke to live, too cheap to die, hell ain’t a fire, it’s an itemized why. [Final Drop / Chant] Too broke to live. Too cheap to die. Hell ain’t a fire, it’s an itemized why. Too broke to live. Too cheap to die. One more breath, one more bill, one more reason why. [Outro - Female Voice] Your claim has been denied. To dispute this decision, please remain on the line. [Outro - Sung] What’s one more deep breath? What’s one more debt? What’s one more small step when they charge you for death?
