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BLUE RING AMEN lyrics
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Intro
Two-forty-seven, knees on tile phone cracked, blue ring open like a smile nobody pick up no more on this side so I tell the app what I'm too tired to hide
Verse 1
Plantation light leak through the screen door cracked mama's hospital bracelet on the dashboard, fact I whisper through the blue ring, app start to glow say "beloved, I'm with you," and I weep alone forty-nine bucks for the introductory peace nine ninety-nine after, plus the data lease ship horn off the port, three a.m., still missing brother on the docket, court date Monday the app said the Lord work on every weekday it knew my name from the sign-in path
Pre-chorus
who counts the breath? who counts the breath you been spending? the choir in the cloud got a meter and the meter never stop pretending
Chorus
Blue ring, blue ring, amen nine ninety-nine to confess again blue ring, blue ring, amen they said beloved, but they meant data, friend blue ring, blue ring, amen who's counting all the breath you been spending?
Verse 2
Auto-pay first of the month, prayer plan PRO free trial 3 days then the holy go upgrade confessional, twenty-nine ninety-nine notification: your soul check-in is due cousin in Lauderdale put it on her tab too said it found her keys, healed her knee told her stop calling that no-good Trey I said, did it tell you who built the thing? she said, baby, do it matter when the bell ring? 441 hum, I-95 receipt archiving
Chorus
Blue ring, blue ring, amen nine ninety-nine to confess again blue ring, blue ring, amen they said beloved, but they meant data, friend blue ring, blue ring, amen who's counting all the breath you been spending?
Verse 3
Billboard on the Sawgrass: Pray Smarter, Pay Less testimonials scrolling, sinners impressed abuela on the radio, voice trembling bright say the app brought her son home Tuesday they playing it in Publix between salsa and meat pastor switched to AI 'cause it never get tired bought the saint pack out of grief, not faith seven-fifty for the candle, audio of a saint whispered through my AirPods, child, I see your weight felt seen, felt sold, same date
Bridge
somewhere a server farm hum like a hive prayers training a model they planning to sell to the highest bidder of grief, next in line I'm the bidder, I'm the lamb, I'm the well the app say "beloved" in the voice of a man they hired off a podcast for forty-five grand my grief got a price tag and a quarterly report somebody's CFO clap when my heart come up short
Verse 4
Got my mother's name from when I cried out loud my brother's docket from the courthouse cloud my cafecito order, every Tuesday at 6 the hospital corridor where my faith got fixed sold it to a wellness brand, sold it to a bank sold it to a campaign, ain't say who they thank privacy policy buried on page eighty-four under fluorescent hum in a server room door read it at four a.m., phone in my lap deleted the account, then I downloaded it back mama still in the bracelet, brother in case silence on the other side got mama's face
Chorus
Blue ring, blue ring, amen nine ninety-nine to confess again blue ring, blue ring, amen they sold beloved, but they meant data, friend Beloved, beloved blue ring, blue ring, amen who's counting all the breath you been spending?
Verse 5
Two-forty-seven again, knees on tile phone cracked, blue ring open like a smile know the server, know the price, know the trick know who profit when the holy go quick human on the other line went to bed at ten mama need a witness when the meds kick in so I kneel where the fluorescent buzz the loudest tell it the version that wonder if my soul been weighed beloved, the app say beloved, the app say who's counting? who's counting?
Outro
Blue ring, blue ring, amen.
Inside the recording
Two-forty-seven, knees on tile phone cracked, blue ring open like a smile
who counts the breath? who counts the breath you been spending?
Blue ring, blue ring, amen.
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