Devil in The Details

Verse 1
Devil’s in the details, lives in legal right
Smells like toner, cheap coffee,  cheap counterfeit rights
They scream antichrist, point left and right
But he wears a badge and a fluorescent light
No fire, no brimstone, no blood on the floor
Just a pen that clicks like a closing door
Pre-Chorus
Dot your eye, cross your teeth
Smile real wide while he sends you beneath 
You don’t kneel, you don’t pray
You just sign your life away
Chorus
Sign here — yeah, you’re free now
Agree — that’s the sound of the lock
He’s in the wires, in the bloodstream
Tick-tock, tick-tock
No chains, no guns, no lies you can see
Just currency veins and eternity
Dot your eye, cross your teeth
Welcome to the rest of your life on lease
Verse 2
He runs through cities like copper pipe
Every nation drinks him every night
Green paper gospel, digital rain
Interest breeding like a permanent stain
Accountants preaching from padded reins
Selling tomorrow in monthly installment pains
Pre-Chorus
Stand in line, take a number
Watch the screen tell you who you mean
Back hurts, kidneys in need 
Future pawned for a used up ride indeed. 
Chorus
Sign here — yeah, you’re free now
Agree — hear the prison lock the key
He’s in the password, in the heartbeat
Makes a slave feel free 
No chains, no guns, no scars to see
Just endless bills and apology
Dot your eye, cross your teeth
He owns you gently, perfectly
Bridge
He doesn’t kick doors, he waits
Polite as hell, punctual fate
Choice wrapped tight in velvet gloves
Consent dressed up as love
Tuesday afternoon, fluorescent delight
Watching the clock eat your life
Breakdown
You chose this
Yeah, that’s the trick
You chose this
Now swallow it
Chorus (Final)
Sign here — for eternity
Agree — till the end of time
He’s the system, not the symphony 
Wearing your name, wearing your mind
No devil red, no angel white
Just endless forms under endless delights
Dot your eye, cross your teeth
The antichrist is the receipt
Outro
Tick-tock…
Still free?

restrained, deliberate, rarely hard-pushed. measured intensity, Rhythm: mid-tempo, heavy pulse hypnotic pressure