The Drafting Ledger

Verse 1

Papers signed in a marble hall

Thirteen steps down through the gilded wall

They say the future's written neat

Numbers printed line by line

I read the fine print twice a week

And it ain't lookin' kind

Pre-Chorus

Lock the door

Count the years

They been plannin' this for years

Chorus

They're drafting the ledger

Inking the names

Shrinkin' the numbers

Playing their games

Hollow the village

Empty the towns

Leadin' the people

Down underground

Verse 2

They talk of hope in measured tones

Policies wrapped in velvet bones

But I been watchin' what they brew

Glasses raised above the crowd

Sippin' while the masses stew

Talkin' way too loud

Pre-Chorus

Watch the clock

Count the seeds

They been plantin' all our weeds

Chorus

They're drafting the ledger

Inking the names

Shrinkin' the numbers

Playing their games

Hollow the village

Empty the towns

Leadin' the people

Down underground

Bridge

Maybe I'm a fool to wonder

Maybe I'm a fool to care

But I read between the chapters

Saw the blueprint in the air

Saw it clear as trumpets

Heard it in the bass

Shuffle of the music

On a silver plated face

Chorus

They're drafting the ledger

Inking the names

Shrinkin' the numbers

Playing their games

Hollow the village

Empty the towns

Leadin' the people

Down underground