[Intro]

The bonus bell is silent now
But I can hear it anyhow

[Verse]

The company car is downstairs
Fresh black paint and leather chairs
My name is written on the lease
As long as quarterly numbers increase

There is a mortgage due next week
A team that watches when I speak
Twelve people waiting on my call
Twelve names beneath the target wall

[Pre-Chorus]

Every number has a shadow
Every victory has a cost
Every ladder needs another rung
Or they ask why you have stopped

[Chorus]

The commission is calling
Through the glass and through the wire
It sounds like champagne falling
It sounds like one more month of fire
A little room to keep my people
A little longer before goodbye

[Verse]

I learned to read a closing face
To feel resistance change its pace
To make a feature sound complete
Before the engineers can meet

But every promise that I make
Becomes a night somebody wakes
And every number I defend
Moves someone else’s weekend

[Pre-Chorus]

I can hear the bonus bell
Inside the pause before they sign
I can hear Victor asking whether
My ambition still is mine

[Chorus]

The commission is calling
Through the glass and through the wire
It sounds like champagne falling
It sounds like one more month of fire
A little room to keep my people
A little longer before goodbye

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]

Do I want the silver case
Or just the power to consume
Do I chase the highest number
Because I fear the empty room

[Break]

One bell for the contract
One glass for the team
One car in the parking lot
Bought by a quarterly dream

[Final Chorus]

The commission is calling
But the sound has changed tonight
It sounds less like champagne falling
More like cables pulled too tight
Can a bonus save my people
If the promise makes them break inside

[Outro]

The bonus bell is silent now
My hand still reaches out somehow
Three notes climb beneath the floor
The commission calls once more