Lyrics
[verse]
Men in glass towers shuffle numbers on a screen
Selling off the future for a profit margin's gleam
Signing away the water, signing away the land
Counting all the votes they never had to understand
[chorus]
Everything's a number, everything's a price
Every single decision gets weighed and measured twice
But nobody's counting what it costs us in the end
When the deal is done, there's nothing left to spend
[verse]
They shake hands in boardrooms wrapped in easy smiles
Draw the line between the winners while they stack the files
The little print gets smaller every time they speak
Somebody always pays for what the powerful seek
[chorus]
Everything's a number, everything's a price
Every single decision gets weighed and measured twice
But nobody's counting what it costs us in the end
When the deal is done, there's nothing left to spend
[bridge]
The greedy fingers take all they can
Every last coin, after all
The greedy fingers take all they can
Somebody's got to hear the call
[chorus]
Everything's a number, everything's a price
Every single decision gets weighed and measured twice
But nobody's counting what it costs us in the end
When the deal is done, there's nothing left to spend
