[Verse 1] Start the count
Always measuring
With caution
Too often wrong

Deep as a dent
Constant settling
By design
Or incitement

[Chorus] Make a mark
Upon the branch
Remove the first
Become the last to know

Straighten out the pieces found
Peeling back to see the ground (I know)

[Verse 2] You hammer a nail
You hammer a nail
Into the platform

You hammer a nail
You hammer a nail
Into the platform

Be like a visitor
Greeted and answered for