Ring the Bell at Five

The boardroom is a steel cage and the champ wants every night we have, but the crew tags each other in, and at five o'clock all of us walk out of the ring alive.

[Riff Intro]

(Five! Five! Five!)

[Verse 1]

Badge in. Gate locks. Chain-link hum. Boardroom lit like a title fight. Champ in a fleece vest grabs the mic, Says the numbers want our nights. Swings a slide deck like a folding chair, Wants every hour that we've got.

[Pre-Chorus]

Crew on the rope with their hands held out, Nobody here gets pinned alone!

[Chorus]

Ring the bell at five! All of us come off the ropes alive! Staple your quarterly report to the cage, You don't own our lives! Ring the bell at five!

[Verse 2]

Spreadsheet chokehold. Sunday call. Inbox piled up on my chest. Then a hand slaps mine off the ropes, Says, "Tag me in, go get some rest." Twelve years on the same grey floor, Never once let each other drop.

[Pre-Chorus]

Crew on the rope with their hands held out, Nobody here gets pinned alone!

[Chorus]

Ring the bell at five! All of us come off the ropes alive! Staple your quarterly report to the cage, You don't own our lives! Ring the bell at five!

[Breakdown]

Slam the laptop, let the ref count it out! (One! Two! Three!) Keep your numbers!

[Guitar Solo]

[instrumental]

[Final Chorus]

Ring the bell at five! All of us come off the ropes alive! Staple your quarterly report to the cage, You don't own our lives! Ring the bell at five!

[Gang Vocal Outro]

(All of us! All of us!) Ring the bell at five.