[Verse 1 - tight palm mutes, low vocal] Paper labels line my shelves in rows Each pinned and stamped with what they say they show I studied maps to chart which way to flow Through numbered gates that promise letting go {Building intensity} My system sorts by patterns, marks and signs Each moment tagged and pressed between the panes I memorized the shapes inside the lines To match the mold each empty frame contains [Pre-Chorus - octave lead enters] The stamps dissolve The birds revolve The rain resolves What time evolves [Chorus - walls of fuzz, gang vocals] BUT THE MARK WON'T STICK! (WON'T STICK, WON'T STICK!) THE INK KEEPS DISAPPEARING! (FADING, FADING!) THE PAPER WALLS ARE MELTING IN THE MIST! AND I CAN'T READ YOUR SIGNAL! I CAN'T READ YOUR SIGNAL! [Verse 2 - groove opened, snare on 2&4] Your words were graphs before they left your throat Each answer boxed in perfect numbered squares But now you speak in songs I cannot quote While all my data turns to summer air {Building tension} I typed commands, watched colors drain to gray "The blood runs wild beneath these measured lines" My screen splits open, numbers float away While all my arrows point to question signs [Pre-Chorus - octave lead enters] The stamps dissolve The birds revolve The rain resolves What time evolves [Chorus - walls of fuzz, gang vocals] 'CAUSE THE MARK WON'T STICK! (WON'T STICK, WON'T STICK!) THE INK KEEPS DISAPPEARING! (FADING, FADING!) THE PAPER WALLS ARE MELTING IN THE MIST! AND I CAN'T READ YOUR SIGNAL! I CAN'T READ YOUR SIGNAL! [Bridge - half-time, roomy drums] Traded sight for perfect certainty Sold my breath for painted weather vanes What if these drawers trap only me? What if the mask that wears the stains... [Solo I - lyrical sustain] [Melodic guitar solo building tension] [Chant - call & response with claps] IS JUST A PROJECTION! (MADE IT! MADE IT!) AND THIS COLLECTION! (BUILT IT! BUILT IT!) SEE THE INK IS RUNNING! (DRIPPING! DRIPPING!) WHILE THE SCREEN IS SHOWING SHAPES THAT MEAN NOTHING! SHAPES THAT MEAN NOTHING! [Breakdown - bass + vocal] The label peels away (That's how we break free) The ink begins to stray (Let the real be) [Final Chorus - double length, modulated up] THE MARK WON'T BIND NOW! (TEAR THEM DOWN!) THE INK KEEPS DISAPPEARING! (SET US FREE!) THE PAPER WALLS ARE TURNING INTO RAIN! AND I CAN'T READ YOUR SIGNAL! SO I'LL SPEAK YOUR NAME! I'LL SPEAK YOUR TRUE NAME! YOUR NAME! (SPEAK YOUR TRUE NAME!) YOUR NAME! YOUR NAME! [Descending into feedback chaos]
