Текст песни
My father played chess with a loaded clock
Smoke in the garage and a trembling lock
He said "boy, decide before the seconds die"
And every wrong move earned a blackened eye
My brother said "it was me, not him"
Took the beating while the lights went dim
Heroes bleed just to prove they care
But mercy dies in a folding chair
Tick... tick... tick... the clock won again
Kings fall faster when you're raised by men
Who teach you the world is a rigged parade
Where kindness is just another mistake
So raise the brass and break the glass
Let the trumpets scream my name
I'm the king of nothing in a cubicle throne
Playing sanity like a crooked game
Checkmate, checkmate in a paper crown
Smiling while the ceiling spins
Every quiet life becomes a war
When the noise is underneath your skin
Nine-to-five in fluorescent rain
Young idiot boss and a plastic brain
He says "Phil, you're late again today"
Like I didn't bury my soul on the way
Dog in the yard with a crooked grin
Lost a fight with a goddamn tree again
Penny laughs and the world stands still
Just long enough to make me ill
Phone rings twice like a funeral bell
A voice says "Sir... we're sorry to tell..."
Metal screams and a highway bends
And the life I had just... ends
So raise the brass and break the glass
Let the trumpets split my skull
I'm the king of echoes in a hollow house
And the silence is unbearable
Checkmate, checkmate in a paper crown
Every memory wearing thin
Every quiet man becomes a storm
When regret gets under his skin
Trumpets laugh in a minor key
Drums like thunder inside of me
Saxophones cry like broken glass
And the past won't stay in the past
Call her back
Call her back
Call her back
But the voicemail stays in the wires tonight