[Verse 1] A hundred twenty-one point nine trillion dollars In every pair of hands The impossible we knew yesterday Arrived as the same number for us all No need to wake just to earn our bread No fear of where to sleep tonight Price tags came loose upon the wind And the city settled into quiet [Pre-Chorus] If everyone could live without fear I thought we could finally smile But someone broke the silence: “Then who am I above?” [Chorus] No one ever has to hunger again But somehow that was not enough We wanted our names carved into The monuments of all our former wealth The day that money lost its meaning We put a price on life instead The same tomorrow came for everyone But we couldn’t stand on level ground [Verse 2] They counted everything we used to own And gave those numbers a new name Rebuilt the staircase we thought had vanished One point at a time At reception, you give your name Then the rank beneath it The door beside you opens Your number goes uncalled [Pre-Chorus] “Everyone is guaranteed The means to stay alive” A gentle voice makes the announcement As it divides our remaining time [Chorus] No one has to take from anyone But still we couldn’t let it go We wore our yesterdays like medals And needed someone looking up at us When money could no longer buy it We bought it with another score The treatment we could qualify for How many springs we’d see once more [Bridge] There’s bread left over on the shelves There are rooms to keep us from the rain The medicine is right there, waiting But your door stays closed What was it we were missing? There was enough for everyone Why did happiness still need Somebody further down? [Final Chorus] No one ever has to hunger again We held that world within our hands But some called it a loss To have no more than anyone else The chaos settled into silence Cheers and cries grew faint and far On the morning meant to make us equal A staircase cast its shadow across us all [Outro] A hundred twenty-one point nine trillion dollars. Everyone had it. Your turn still hadn’t come. And then I woke up.
