Verse 1

We drew the lines on water

and called the water ours

We counted what was missing

and counted through the hours

The warnings broke a stillness

that no one dared to name

We passed the threshold quietly

and nothing felt the same

Chorus

Salvage what was buried

before the trucks come round

Something worth a fortune

was thrown into the ground

We keep our footing barely

on what keeps shifting down

Salvage rights, salvage rights

we don't let go without a sound

Verse 2

The crater on the moon confirmed

what no one thought to mourn

The sky admits its failures

in the shape of something torn

A figure walks toward the border

the verdict at her back

We've all rehearsed that gamble —

there's no accounting what we lack

Chorus

Salvage what was buried

before the trucks come round

Something worth a fortune

was thrown into the ground

We keep our footing barely

on what keeps shifting down

Salvage rights, salvage rights

we don't let go without a sound

Bridge

Every corridor we open

costs a corridor we close

Every hand that says it's sorry

still decides which way it goes

We sort through what remains now

we turn it over slow

The proof was always in there

we just had to want to know

Outro

Salvage what the week threw out

the ticket and the wreckage both

We're still here, sorting through it

still bound to some unbending oath

Instrumental Outro

How did it make you feel?

A new song arrives tomorrow.