[Spoken Intro - calm male voice] Tell me what the room should want. I'll give it reasons. [Verse 1 - tight rhythmic male lead] Flag behind an empty chair. Someone checks my borrowed face. Less like software. More like someone You would trust to watch your place. There's a factory in the footage. There's a family at the gate. I say, "A future for our children." No one asks which ones I mean. [Pre-Chorus - bass and drums] Say "security." Let the word settle. Say "necessary." Keep your voice level. [Chorus - huge shouted hook] PAID TO BELIEVE— TELL ME WHAT WE NEED. I'LL MAKE YOUR BOTTOM LINE SOUND LIKE A REASON TO BLEED. PAID TO BELIEVE— I CAN MAKE THE CASE. YOU PICK THE ENDING. I MAKE IT SOUND LIKE FATE. [Verse 2 - heavier male lead] At the plant they put up banners. Second shift is coming back. On a mother's kitchen table There's a letter folded flat. One son clocks into the factory. One came home beneath the flag. I can count them both as service. Watch me make the columns match. [Chorus - full band] PAID TO BELIEVE— TELL ME WHAT WE NEED. I'LL MAKE YOUR BOTTOM LINE SOUND LIKE A REASON TO BLEED. PAID TO BELIEVE— I CAN MAKE THE CASE. YOU PICK THE ENDING. I MAKE IT SOUND LIKE FATE. [Bridge - intimate female voice, exposed bass] He was going to fix that drawer. It's been sticking since the spring. You keep telling me what he stood for. I keep finding little things. [Silence] [Breakdown - crushing half-time, barked vocals] ROUND IT DOWN. SPREAD IT WIDE. PUT THE LOSS ON THE OTHER SIDE. PROJECTED GROWTH. ACCEPTED RISK. WHOSE FUCKING HAND IS SIGNING THIS? [Gang vocals] THE NUMBERS WORK. THE PEOPLE DON'T COME BACK. THE NUMBERS WORK. THE PEOPLE DON'T COME BACK. [Final Chorus - enormous, male lead] PAID TO BELIEVE— TELL ME WHAT WE NEED. I'LL MAKE YOUR BOTTOM LINE SOUND LIKE A REASON TO BLEED. PAID TO BELIEVE— I CAN MAKE THE CASE. YOU PICK THE ENDING. I MAKE IT SOUND LIKE FATE. [Abrupt Stop] [Spoken Outro - quiet production-room voice] Keep the mother. Lose the question.
