Verse 1

We drew the lines and called them borders

We named the rooms where justice sits

We filled the forms in proper order

And watched the seal dissolve in it

Somewhere a door is left ajar

Somewhere the paperwork goes cold

Somewhere a name is sealed in amber

Somewhere the story won't be told

Chorus

We keep the record, we sign the paper

We lift the gavel, we let it fall

The verdict comes a little later

Or never comes at all

Never comes at all

Verse 2

We watched the alliance count its hours

The exercises trimmed and cut

We watched the ground shift under towers

We watched familiar channels shut

We drove the road that had no witness

We crossed the water in the dark

We named the thing that had no business

Being left without a mark

Chorus

We keep the record, we sign the paper

We lift the gavel, we let it fall

The verdict comes a little later

Or never comes at all

Never comes at all

Bridge

There is a weight that has no courtroom

There is a charge that finds no wall

We carry what the process can't consume

We carry it through summer, through the fall

The roads keep breaking, the machines keep running

The men in rooms keep drawing up the terms

And somewhere under all the official humming

Something irreversible confirms

Outro

We hold the record

We sign the page

We are the consequence

Of an unsigned age

Instrumental Outro

How did it make you feel?

A new song arrives tomorrow.