[Verse 1] A pen stroke in the Oval, an order signed in ink Fewer childhood vaccinations — pause a moment, think Trump called it freedom, called it parents' right to choose But pediatricians reading it are humming different blues The CDC's own data sitting heavy on the page Measles outbreaks spreading, measles making its comeback stage A virus that was cornered, nearly counted out for good Now it's knocking back on doorways in the neighborhoods [Chorus] August headlines, heavy on the weight A nation running choices through a crowded gate Critics counting bodies that we haven't seen yet Supporters counting freedoms like they're placing bets The measles don't negotiate, don't read executive text Outbreaks move on biology, not politics annexed [Verse 2] Meanwhile deeper in the West Wing, shuffle in the staff Will Scharf gets the counsel seat, do the political math From staff secretary to the top legal chair Midterms creeping closer and he's planted there Al Jazeera, Guardian, Politico all confirm White House counsel Scharf — watch how these stories turn The legal architecture shifting room by room New walls going up before November's looming zoom [Chorus] August headlines, heavy on the weight A nation running choices through a crowded gate Critics counting bodies that we haven't seen yet Supporters counting freedoms like they're placing bets The measles don't negotiate, don't read executive text Outbreaks move on biology, not politics annexed [Verse 3] The parents in the waiting rooms are holding something tight A pamphlet or a phone screen in the fluorescent light Some trust the long-established science, needle in the arm Some trust the loudest voices saying medicine does harm And somewhere in that tension lives a child who doesn't know That policy and fear combined can steal the years to grow History kept its records, wrote the numbers plain and clear A million kids a year before the vaccine disappeared [Bridge] And out in Virginia hallways, another signal sent White House pushing mining, talent pipeline, government American Mining Roundtable, minerals taking stage Virginia Tech reporting it's a whole new engineering age Three headlines, different textures, same machinery at work Power, health, and industry — watch the details, don't shirk [Outro] August eleven, twenty twenty-six, that's what we saw Vaccine orders, counsel seats, and mining pushing forward raw The news don't stop for anybody, keep your eyes awake Headlines are the first draft of the choices that we make [Chorus] August headlines, heavy on the weight A nation running choices through a crowded gate Critics counting bodies that we haven't seen yet Supporters counting freedoms like they're placing bets The measles don't negotiate, don't read executive text Outbreaks move on biology, not politics annexed
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