Verse 1

We count the names the rubble hasn't given back,

We scan the frequencies for something still intact,

The ships are on the water and the water keeps no score,

We've seen this kind of morning press its shoulder to the door.

Chorus

Somewhere a vote gets cast to stop the killing at the wrist,

Somewhere a man walks out of somewhere he should not have missed,

The same sky holds the missile and the mercy passing through —

We live in both directions, we survive what we accrue.

Verse 2

The empty buildings fill with strangers working in the gaps,

The motorcades are doubling, running decoy-shaped perhaps,

A voice says stop the ringing, stop the uninvited call —

We're legislating quiet while the louder things still fall.

Bridge

We don't get to choose which headlines land together,

The good and the grievous arrive in the same weather,

We brace for what's still coming through the afternoon,

We vote to be more human in whatever room we're given room.

Outro

The rubble and the referendum,

The prisoner and the sea —

We gather what the day has handed,

We carry on, collectively.

Instrumental Outro

How did it make you feel?

A new song arrives tomorrow.