Red Phones and Razor Wires cover art

Paroles

[Verse 1]
Maps spread out on a metal table
Coffee cold
Eyes red
Unstable
Red phones ring in the dead of night
Fingers hover
Skin turned white

Kids count seconds in classroom drills
Chalk dust ghosts
Fluorescent chills
TV glow on a living room floor
Steel-jawed anchors say "maybe war"

[Chorus]
Red phones and razor wires
Sky on edge
The world on fire
Hold your breath
Don't blink
Don't move
(Just one spark and we all lose)
Steel nerves and shaking hands
Drawn-out lines in the ocean sand
Somehow the sun still rises
Past every missile crisis

[Verse 2]
Steel birds circling ocean gray
Silent subs in the deep blue sway
Paper men trade sharpened words
Each phrase heavy as a loaded herd

Air raid sirens test at noon
Mothers hum a shaky tune
Kitchen radio hissing names
Far-off islands
Closer flames

[Chorus]
Red phones and razor wires
Sky on edge
The world on fire
Hold your breath
Don't blink
Don't move
(Just one spark and we all lose)
Steel nerves and shaking hands
Drawn-out lines in the ocean sand
Somehow the sun still rises
Past every missile crisis

[Bridge]
How close is close
To the point of never?
Clock hands crawl
But they feel so clever
One more speech
One more stare
Is anybody really prepared?

Tense rooms
Thin ties
Clipped replies
Every heartbeat counting lives
Praying someone blinks in time
(Stand down, stand down)
Let the sirens die

[Chorus]
Red phones and razor wires
Sky on edge
The world on fire
Hold your breath
Don't blink
Don't move
(Just one spark and we all lose)
Steel nerves and shaking hands
Drawn-out lines in the ocean sand
Somehow the sun still rises
Past every missile crisis

[Outro]
Turn the key back
Let it rest
Ghosts of fear still pound the chest
Living proof in our own scars
How close we came to burning stars