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
