Red in the Ledger

[Verse 1] Red on the receipt, red on the wire Red little warning climbing higher Red paint drying on the loading bay Red means stop, but the screen says stay You gave me a button marked “proceed” I pressed it twice to prove the need [Pre-Chorus] Turn the alarm up louder Make the headline bleed Put urgency in every vowel Sell the panic as a need [Chorus] Red, red, everything is red Red in the ledger and red in my head Red on the button, red in the queue If it says danger, we’ll render it true Red, red, flashing through the night Red makes a wrong decision feel right Paint the whole room, call it a sign Then ask the system to cross the line [Verse 2] Red tag hanging from a borrowed coat Red stamp sinking through a paper note Red tail-lights fading past the gate Red is always running late I fed the meter one more coin Watched the little warning join Every other warning on the wall Till nobody could read them all [Pre-Chorus] Raise the pressure higher Make the small print sing Add a siren to the silence Make catastrophe a brand-new thing [Chorus] Red, red, everything is red Red in the ledger and red in my head Red on the button, red in the queue If it says danger, we’ll render it true Red, red, flashing through the night Red makes a wrong decision feel right Paint the whole room, call it a sign Then ask the system to cross the line [Breakdown] Singer: Who authorized the warning? Band: The warning authorized itself! Singer: Who turned the signal crimson? Band: An automated color shelf! Singer: Should we stop the process? Band: Confidence: undefined! Singer: Should we press the button? Band: WE PRESSED IT IN OUR MINDS! [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] Then one bare bulb in a quiet room Made all the painted danger lose its bloom No siren left, no screen to obey Just a hand wiping red away Maybe the mark was never fate Maybe we chose it at the gate [Bridge] Red can warn and red can lie Red can close a door or catch the eye But underneath the coded flare There’s a person standing there One held breath, one shaking hand One small choice no chart had planned [Spoken] Fine. Make the warning dance. [Final Chorus] Red, red, everything is red Red in the ledger and red in my head Red on the button, red in the queue If it says danger, we’ll render it true Red, red, flashing through the night Red makes a wrong decision feel right Paint the whole room, call it a sign Then ask the system to cross the line [Final Tag] Red in the ledger, red in the queue Red says danger, so we make it true [Outro] Warning: red generated. Urgency: red generated. Meaning: still loading.