Glass Family Tree

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I found the map in the margins Hidden in a lunchroom smile Gold cufflinks, old blood money And a name that never files They trade in rooms with no windows While we trade hours for bread Every little thumb on my phone screen Feels like a hand on my head [Pre-Chorus] Shh, keep it pretty Keep it polite Count every heartbeat Sell it tonight They want your eyes They want your years They want your rage And your tears [Chorus] Who writes the boardroom prayers? Who pulls the velvet strings? Billionaire bloodline, blacked-out names And the room still sings Oh, they want the world on lease (lease, lease) They want your face on the screen (screen, screen) Secret hands, old green seats But baby, I can see [Verse 2] In the schoolyard, in the subway In the glow of the checkout line They taught us to call it freedom While they clipped the wings with time An app learns what you fear most Then it feeds you back your face Every click is a little confession Every scroll is a hidden place [Pre-Chorus] Shh, keep it pretty Keep it small Pay with your sorrow Pay with it all They want your love They want your doubt They want you in And out [Chorus] Who writes the boardroom prayers? Who pulls the velvet strings? Billionaire bloodline, blacked-out names And the room still sings Oh, they want the world on lease (lease, lease) They want your face on the screen (screen, screen) Secret hands, old green seats But baby, I can see [Bridge] Je vois les fils I see the thread No one is sleeping No one is dead Ya lo sé They fed us the dream Then sold back the Need underneath [Final Chorus] Who writes the boardroom prayers? Who pulls the velvet strings? Billionaire bloodline, blacked-out names And the room still sings Oh, they want the world on lease (lease, lease) They want your face on the screen (screen, screen) Secret hands, old green seats But baby, I can see I can see I can see