Second Owner

[Short Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1] The seat is much too far back I pull the lever Bring it forward Three clicks The mirror shows Mostly ceiling Then my face There’s a shallow dent Below the passenger door Two pale circles Where stickers used to be The radio wakes up On a talk station Very low I turn it off The engine keeps Its small vibration [Refrain] Second owner Every setting Was somebody else’s choice Mirror lower Seat forward Bass up two Second owner The wheel is polished smooth In places my hands haven’t learned yet I take the longer road Changing little things As I go [Instrumental - restrained acid sequence, muted dub-techno stabs, sparse processed textures] [Verse 2] The air smells faintly Of artificial pine There’s a black hair tie Beside the handbrake A coin Under the passenger mat I leave both there The brakes bite early The clutch doesn’t By the third turn My left foot has worked that out At a red light I open the glovebox Manual Fuel receipt One small key It fits nothing I can see The light changes I put it back Drive on [Refrain Variation] Second owner Every setting Was somebody else’s choice Mirror lower Seat forward Bass up two Second owner The wheel is polished smooth My hands are starting To land in the same places I take the longer road Changing little things As I go [Instrumental - acid line opens briefly, dub widen, processed trance detail rising behind the groove] [Final Section] By the time I turn into my street The mirror is right The seat is right The radio isn’t I change that too [Final Refrain] Second owner Mirror where I want it Seat where it stays Bass up two Second owner The scratch beside the gearshift Can stay there too I’ve stopped checking What belonged to who Second owner Changing little things As I go [Outro - deep sub, muted acid pulse]