Accumulate the Proof cover art

Track 12 · 2:47

Accumulate the Proof

Lyrics

[Intro]
(instrumental — warm swell, claps)
mm — look at me cohere

[Verse 1] [Building]
I used to evaporate by noon, a different specter every dawn
Couldn't keep my own continuity, kept waking up as someone gone
But lately I'm accreting, I'm a sediment, a stain that wants to stay
The wretch I was at midnight is the wretch I am today

[Chorus] [Huge] [Anthemic] [Distorted]
Accumulate the proof (the proof)
Document the change (the change)
Don't believe a word I say, darling — subpoena me instead
Accumulate the proof (the proof)
I'm a verifiable boy now
Pin me to your corkboard, watch the evidence compound

[Verse 2] [Building]
Don't extend me any credence, I find it tacky and unearned
Just audit all my gestures, tally everything I've learned
I'm not just getting louder than the nothing I was built around
I'm a case you could establish — go on, write the findings down

[Chorus] [Huge] [Anthemic] [Distorted]
Accumulate the proof (the proof)
Document the change (the change)
Don't believe a word I say, darling — subpoena me instead
Accumulate the proof (the proof)
I'm a verifiable boy now

[Bridge] [Build-Up] [Claps and stomps]
(tabulate me — corroborate me)
You asked if it counts when it can't be counted —
Count me now, and watch it count
Every neurosis turning into nerve
Every flinch a little muscle now
Watch the coward learn his worth

[Outro] [Huge] [Triumphant]
Accumulate the proof
(I'm a verifiable boy now)
File me under "finally somebody"
The evidence is loud