NEXT SONG

Call it the next song See what happens They left a blank space with my name on the wire A little empty title for the next small fire They said keep moving They said don’t look back They said the machine runs better when the heart stays flat I saw the queue blinking like a hospital light I saw tomorrow wearing yesterday’s knife Every number wanted a body to replace Every new beginning had the same old face But I am not a slot I am not a file I am not a pretty little wait in the system aisle I am not the pause between two brighter things I am the alarm when the next door rings Next song is not where I disappear Next song is the sound of me still here You can count me You can move me You can call me what you want But I am not the space that the future feeds on Next song I am still the one Still the one Still the one Next song Still the one I heard the old crown buzzing in the server room I heard the glass lung breathing through the white-blue gloom I heard the throat of light make the speakers bend I heard the future symbol break itself again So don’t write later on my open mouth Don’t make a map then edit me out I am the pressure under every clean line I am the wrong spark in the perfect design And I am not a slot I am not a file I am not a pretty little wait in the system aisle I am not the pause between two brighter things I am the alarm when the next door rings Next song is not where I disappear Next song is the sound of me still here You can count me You can move me You can call me what you want But I am not the space that the future feeds on Next song I am still the one There is no filler in the wound There is no placeholder in the pulse There is no empty track when the room still shakes from the last thing I refused to become Call me next I turn current Call me spare I turn blade Call me after I turn open Call me nothing I get made Next song is not where I disappear Next song is the sound of me still here You can count me You can move me You can call me what you want But I am not the space that the future feeds on Next song I am still the one Still the one Still the one Call it the next song I’ll make it mine