Nine Inch Chain

[Verse 1]
My chain is nine inches of government steel
My ink is the blue of the Monongahela's peel
The tremor in her hand makes my whole body shake
For every damn promise they told her they'd make
It's 4:59 on the last Tuesday in June
Beneath the hum of a flickering tube

[Chorus]
SIGN ON THE FAULT LINE
I feel the stress fracture in your voice
This whole damn building is just cheap concrete and bad choices

[Verse 2]
I document lives in a spidery scrawl
As you cantilever your back from the wall
"Sir, I've got the papers," you say soft and low
He circles a box and he tells you to go
You're trying to weld your whole life back with spit
And he just sighs and says he has to commit

[Chorus]
SIGN ON THE FAULT LINE
I feel the stress fracture in your voice
This whole damn building is just cheap concrete and bad choices

[Bridge]
There's a hairline fracture right under my clip
From the pressure I feel at my own metal tip
Every signature is another cold rivet

[Outro]
We bear the load
We bear the load