Hollow Ledger

Intro

Column one. Column two.

Ink still wet. Entry due.

Verse

Every debit has a name

Every credit looks the same

Carry the total, line to line

I know the sum, I know it's mine

Chorus

Nothing balances, nothing clears

Nothing balances, all these years

Hollow ledger, column stays

Hollow ledger, never pays

Verse

Stamp it closed, it opens back

Red ink bleeding through the black

I know it's real, I know it's void

Same account I can't destroy

Pre-Chorus

Tell the page to hold its line

Tell the number where to stop

Tell the ledger it's still mine

Chorus

Nothing balances, nothing clears

Nothing balances, all these years

Hollow ledger, column stays

Hollow ledger, never pays

Bridge

Carry forward

Carry none

Carry forward

Never done

Chorus

Nothing balances, nothing clears

Nothing balances, all these years

Hollow ledger, column stays

Hollow ledger, never pays

Outro

Close the book. Open again.

Hollow ledger. No amen.