The Ink Was Dry

Verse 1

Fingertips on the lever

Pull and watch the curtain fall

Every name on every ballot

Costs less than my last pay stub haul

Same shiny suits and the same hollow grins

Different ribbons on the same old pig pen

Pre-Chorus

They wave their flags and they shout your name

But the ink was dried before you came

Chorus

Pick a door pick a door

Both lead to the same locked floor

Raise your voice raise your hand

They already own the plan

Verse 2

Bought a seat in a mahogany hall

With a handshake and a banker's call

Their pockets fill while your rent goes up

Same old toast in a different cup

Marching rows of painted faces

Swapping scripts in different places

Pre-Chorus

They wave their flags and they shout your name

But the ink was dried before you came

Chorus

Pick a door pick a door

Both lead to the same locked floor

Raise your voice raise your hand

They already own the plan

Bridge

Tear down the poster scribble out the lies

Count every coin between their thighs in disguise

They'll smile at your fury and call it a phase

While they cash the checks and shift the maze

Final Chorus

Pick a door pick a door

Both lead to the same locked floor

Raise your voice raise your hand

They already own the plan

They already own the plan

They already own the plan