Original Cast of Ranked: A New Musical
Someone Always Bleeds
[JORDAN]
I know your world is crashing down
And as you hit the ground
Nobody hears a sound
Sometimes, you've gotta make a mess
It’s time to scream and shout
It's time to pound your chest

Or be polite if you dare
Just sit tight and braid your hair
Take a seat right over there
And I'll give you a lesson

Why work so hard to make the grade
The system’s rigged so they get paid
Sound too easy?
Don't believe me?
Just wait and see

When someone has to lose
Take a guess at who gets screwed
You need a mirror
To see it clearer?
Someone always bleeds
Someone always bleeds
Today it's me
Tomorrow it's you
Don't like what you see?
Get a better view
Maybe we're all pawns
Maybe we got played
When you're drowning in textbooks
You can't see that your grade
Is just a part of the game

[ALEXIS]
You can’t pretend
To know everything I’ve been through
But I know this much
When you give up
You give up your power to change things

You say that there's no way out
Where you see a cage
I see a ladder, so climb it
You think you’ve figured it out
You're blinded by rage
The solution is here
We can find it

[JORDAN]
That's cute, but your privilege is showing
Your ego keeps on growing
Just look at you, you're glowing!
[ALEXIS (spoken)]
What? Come on

[JORDAN (sung)]
You think you’re gonna get ahead
Just gotta follow where you're led
Work the system, well the system's
Really working you
But hey, rich kids like you

[ALEXIS (spoken)]
What?!

[JORDAN (sung)]
Never have to pay their dues
Who needs to read textbooks
When you've got Daddy's checkbook?
Someone always bleeds!

[ALEXIS (spoken)]
You don't know me!

[JORDAN (sung)]
I know all I need!

[JORDAN]
But today it's me
Tomorrow it's you
Don't like what you see?
Get a better view
Maybe we're all pawns
Maybe we got played
We don't all have the funds
Are you feeling betrayed?
[ALEXIS]
You say that there's no way out
Where you see a cage
I see a ladder, I'll climb it
You think you've figured me out?
You're blinded by rage
The solution is here, we can find it

[JORDAN]
Someone always bleeds

[ALEXIS]
Someone always bleeds

[JORDAN]
Someone always bleeds

[ALEXIS]
Sometimes someone's me