[Intro] Somebody signs Somebody bleeds Somebody takes Somebody needs [Verse] Everybody Pays when the market falls Everybody Pays when the boss don’t call Everybody Pays when the rent climbs high And the city grows teeth in the evening sky Bus driver tired with a five a.m. face Nurse on her feet in a fluorescent place Teacher buys paper from a personal card Then smiles at the kids though the week got hard [Pre-Chorus] And the choir sings hold on But the bills don’t wait The band plays stronger At the edge of the gate [Chorus] Everybody Pays But not everybody owes Everybody breaks But not everybody knows Everybody Pays When the cold wind stays We keep singing through the fire Everybody Pays [Verse] Single mom counting every light in the hall Wondering which one she can lose after all Old man choosing between heat and bread Young man working with a storm in his head They say be patient, they say be proud But patience don’t feed an exhausted crowd So we clap on two and we stomp on four Till the truth comes knocking on the golden door [Pre-Chorus] And the choir sings hold on But the bills don’t wait The band plays stronger At the edge of the gate [Chorus] Everybody Pays But not everybody owes Everybody breaks But not everybody knows Everybody Pays When the cold wind stays We keep singing through the fire Everybody Pays [Instrumental] Organ rolls, brass replies Bassline heavy under tired skies Drums like footsteps after midnight rain Crowd keeps clapping through the pain [Bridge] We paid in hours, we paid in bones We paid in dreams postponed at home We paid in silence, paid in tears Paid for mistakes made above our years [Breakdown] But tonight we count another way Every voice becomes a wage Every clap becomes a claim Everybody speaks the name [Build-up] Everybody Pays Everybody knows Everybody rises When the cold wind blows Everybody Pays Everybody sees The bill comes down But so do we [Chorus] Everybody Pays But not everybody owes Everybody breaks But not everybody knows Everybody Pays When the cold wind stays We keep singing through the fire Everybody Pays [Chorus] Everybody Pays But not everybody owes Everybody breaks But not everybody knows Everybody Pays When the cold wind stays We keep singing through the fire Everybody Pays [Outro] Somebody signs Somebody bleeds Tonight we name The cost of greed