Intro
Chalk on concrete, cold hum overhead
Names in the tally, some of them dead
Verse
Underpass wall, eleven names deep
Scratched at nine, watched the numbers keep
Tommy's mark faded, rain got in the groove
Ricky's still counting, ain't got nowhere to move
Headlights above cut the dark in a line
Every car passing is a debt on the sign
I come back sober, check who's still around
Concrete keeps the score when the rest of us don't
Pre-Chorus
Tell me who's still standing
Tell me who got out
Echo in the tunnel
Answers with a shout
Chorus
Ledger of the underpass, chalk and rust
Names in the concrete, turning into dust
Cold light counting what the block collects
Ledger of the underpass never forgets
Verse
Sixteen now, added my brother's initials
Below the ones already going official
Some moved to columns marked gone for good
Some stayed local, doing just what they should
I passed through at midnight, traced the old chalk
Felt it under fingers like a debt that won't talk
The overpass hums when the traffic rolls through
Sounds like a number closing out on you
Pre-Chorus
Tell me who's still standing
Tell me who got out
Echo in the tunnel
Answers with a shout
Chorus
Ledger of the underpass, chalk and rust
Names in the concrete, turning into dust
Cold light counting what the block collects
Ledger of the underpass never forgets
Bridge
I added my own name last
Traced it slow, made it last
Not sure yet which column it's in
Standing still counts as a win
Chorus
Ledger of the underpass, chalk and rust
Names in the concrete, turning into dust
Cold light counting what the block collects
Ledger of the underpass never forgets
Outro
Chalk on concrete, cold hum overhead
Still adding names to the ones that stayed
