Ninety-nine or gone….(BowieMix)

[Verse 1] Welcome to the perfect blocks No sirens, no smoke, no locks Every lawn cut low, every window clear Every face approved when they appear Kids in bright lines, elders in rows Smile for the scan when the sidewalk glows Benevolent voice in the wall at dawn "Keep your numbers up, keep moving on" Bread on time and the trains all neat No cracked glass, no trash on the street Everybody's fed, everybody's known Every heartbeat tagged, every habit shown [Pre-Chorus] But the cloud keeps score Every breath, every flaw If you fall too far It remembers what you are [Chorus] Ninety-nine or gone Ninety-nine or gone Stay in the range Or you disappear at dawn Ninety-nine or gone Ninety-nine or gone He calls it peace We call it the cage [Verse 2] They say the system saves us from pain Pulls us back straight when we drift from the lane Late rent, sad thoughts, missed work, weak sleep One bad forecast and your secrets keep A smile from the clinic, a calm, clean room Then you wake up softer in a borrowed tune Same name, same eyes, but a quieter spark Like somebody turned you down in the dark And if your future looks slow, looks thin A van comes round with a silent grin No trial, no blood, just a missing slot Your file says "resolved" and your voice says "not" [Pre-Chorus] They call it care They call it grace But the ones who slip Get erased [Chorus] Ninety-nine or gone Ninety-nine or gone Stay in the range Or you disappear at dawn Ninety-nine or gone Ninety-nine or gone He calls it peace We call it the cage [Bridge] I saw my brother with a stranger's stare Hands too still and a half-built prayer He said, "Don't look down, don't make a sound They can hear the doubt in the ground" Now I walk where the cameras bloom Every blessed street feels like a tomb If this is heaven, then show me the cost Why does perfect feel so lost? [Final Chorus] Ninety-nine or gone Ninety-nine or gone Stay in the range Or you disappear at dawn Ninety-nine or gone Ninety-nine or gone He calls it peace We call it the cage