[Intro]

[Verse 1]
Three desks light up at once
Phones buzz hard against the glass
Breaking opens the live file
Leo starts the clock
Ben has source notes open
Adrian clears the thread
One fact I can stand behind
Before the banner turns red

[Verse 2]
Confirmation comes in steady
Name and place and time all match
I read the key fact back once
The answer comes back clear
I send the line to Breaking
“Confirmed. You can use it.”

[Pre-Chorus]
I pass the line
They read it back
Leo says, “Clock is running”
Adrian says, “Send it now”

[Chorus]
Beat them by thirty seconds
Current hit the phones first
Every fact was checked
No shortcut through the work
Beat them by thirty seconds
Blink came half a minute late
Two alerts, one confirmed fact
Thirty seconds in between

[Break]

[Verse 3]
Leo says, “Blink just fired”
Ben looks down and laughs
Someone lays two phones together
Both alerts side by side
Current first, then Blink behind it
Thirty seconds on the clocks
Breaking gives one quick cheer
Then we check the times again

[Chorus]
Beat them by thirty seconds
Current hit the phones first
Every fact was checked
No shortcut through the work
Beat them by thirty seconds
Blink came half a minute late
Two alerts, one confirmed fact
Thirty seconds in between

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]
Next call lights the screen
The cheer stays in the room
Faster, still careful
Both things can be true
Half a minute filled the room
Then Adrian says, “Keep updating”

[Final Chorus]
Beat them by thirty seconds
Current hit the phones first
Every fact was checked
No shortcut through the work
Beat them by thirty seconds
Blink came half a minute late
Two phones glowing side by side
Thirty seconds in between
The next alert comes in

[Outro]
Red alert stays on the screen
Next update in the queue
Someone asks, “Ready?”
I check the line
And send what we know is true