[Verse 1: Reckless Austin male voltage-rock lead, reckless belt, eyes on the stage] Side-stage shadow with a laptop and a rack Festival heat on my neck Singer points left and I ride up the vocal Crowd is a river and the night is local Then his face changes like a wire went wrong Taps at the packs like a man losing song In-ears go silent in the middle of the hook He looks at the wings with a terrified look I kill the packs and throw him the wedges Point at my mouth like we practiced the edges He nods once hard and he turns to the light I mix with my eyes for the rest of the night [Pre-Chorus: Reckless Austin male voltage-rock lead, building, louder every line] No cue in his head and no click in his skull Just the shape of the words and a mix I can pull [Chorus: Reckless Austin male voltage-rock lead, shouted, full chest] I hear you even when the ears go dead Watching your mouth for the word you just said Wedges will carry what the packs will not I hear you, and the crowd will not know what they lost [Verse 2: Reckless Austin male voltage-rock lead, wedge lock, a swell of feedback tightens into a clean vocal lock on the downbeat as the wedges take over] Swell of the feedback then a sudden clean lock Vocal sits forward like a key in a clock He sings every chorus like the ears never failed I chase every consonant the second it sails Guitarist glances and I flash him a thumb Drummer keeps pocket like a metronome drum Song after song till the set list is done Nobody out front knows we flew without sun [Chorus: Reckless Austin male voltage-rock lead, shouted, full chest] I hear you even when the ears go dead Watching your mouth for the word you just said Wedges will carry what the packs will not I hear you, and the crowd will not know what they lost [Bridge: Reckless Austin male voltage-rock lead, soft then huge] After the bow he walks straight to the wing Hugs me so hard that the headset goes ding Says you saved the set with a look and a mix I say that is the job when the hardware quits [Verse 3: Reckless Austin male voltage-rock lead, reckless and proud] Now I pack a spare and I still watch the mouth Trust is a wedge when the fancy gear doubts Festival kids ask how the vocal stayed glued I tell them the singer and the engineer sued Sued for attention in the best kind of way Eyes on each other till the end of the play If your ears go quiet keep your eyes on the lead I hear you means more than a packet of feed [Chorus: Reckless Austin male voltage-rock lead, shouted, full chest] I hear you even when the ears go dead Watching your mouth for the word you just said Wedges will carry what the packs will not I hear you, and the crowd will not know what they lost [Outro: Reckless Austin male voltage-rock lead, reckless and final, the wedge lock rings out and fades] I hear you Ears Dead [End]