Still moving
Before they knew my name
I came through the back
Where the cables slept
No spotlight on me
No promise kept
Just a room full of signals
And a floor full of dust
Everybody talked faith
I was checking the rust
I learned every switch
Before I touched the sound
Learned who held the room
And who just stood around
Never needed front row
Never begged for the feed
I put weight in the current
At no idle speed
No idle
I watched the whole system
Lean toward the loud
Saw silence do damage
While hiding in crowds
Every lock had a rhythm
Every gate had a flaw
Every clean little future
Had a hand on the draw
So I stayed in motion
Kept the pressure discreet
Made the floor understand me
Before I found my seat
No still frame
No safe read
No waiting room
No idle speed
No slow blood
No clean retreat
When the room turns cold
I become the heat
No idle speed
I don’t stop clean
No idle speed
I move between
The warning light
And what it means
No idle speed
No idle speed
Move
Move
Move
Before it closes
I got chapel dust
Still caught in the coat
Got arcade static
Still deep in the throat
Got tomorrow lines
Drawn under the skin
Got aftermath silence
Where the light got in
Every era left something
Every room took a fee
Every version of the story
Put another face on me
But I never stayed trapped
In the role they assigned
I was built in the background
Then I sharpened the line
I can narrate the ruin
I can sell you the dream
I can speak like a warning
Through a dead machine
I can lower the voice
Make the whole room lean
I can turn one bass note
Into proof I’ve been seen
No flex for the camera
No grin for the brand
I don’t move for applause
I move because I can
No still frame
No safe read
No waiting room
No idle speed
No slow blood
No clean retreat
When the room turns cold
I become the heat
No idle speed
I don’t stop clean
No idle speed
I move between
The warning light
And what it means
No idle speed
No idle speed
Stillness asks questions
Who are you
When the room stops moving
Who are you
When the signal clears
Who are you
When nobody needs
The version of you
That got them here
I never trusted the answer
Move before the lock turns
Move before the screen knows
Move before the clean road
Cuts off every side road
Move before the room names you
Move before the file
Move before the pressure
Learns to imitate a smile
Move before the signal
Starts speaking in your voice
Move before survival
Starts pretending it was choice
Move
No idle speed
I don’t stop clean
No idle speed
I move between
The warning light
And what it means
No idle speed
No idle speed
No idle speed
No waiting room
No idle speed
No borrowed move
The whole machine
Can lose its teeth
I still move
At no idle speed
I started in the back
Not anymore