
Breaker Trip
[Verse 1: Tear-throated Seattle female rock lead, tear-throated belt, walking the hallway] Basement panel with a label half gone Friday at five and the breaker trips on Third floor hallway goes dark for a beat Then I flip it back and I wipe off the heat Same little circuit every end of the week Something is hungry and the wire feels weak I climb with a meter and a light on my hat Follow the hum like a trail for a cat Door at the end with a paper-tape name After-school music in a borrowed old frame Kids on keyboards and a dented guitar Amp in the corner like a secondhand star [Pre-Chorus: Tear-throated Seattle female rock lead, building, louder every line] They look at me scared like I came to say no I look at the panel and I let the truth show [Chorus: Tear-throated Seattle female rock lead, shouted, full chest] Flip it back, let the music stay on Kids need a circuit for the end of the day I will run a new line when the paycheck is gone Flip it back, I am building a way [Verse 2: Tear-throated Seattle female rock lead, switch throw, the breaker switch throws off under a held guitar chord, then drums and guitars slam when she resets it for good] Throw, and the hallway goes black for a breath Throw, and the kids hold a chord like a death Slam when I reset it and I tell them stay This line is tired but I will make it obey Saturday morning with a spool on my shoulder Pull a new home run that is safer and bolder Landlord says maybe and I say it is done Signed with my license and I work for the young [Chorus: Tear-throated Seattle female rock lead, shouted, full chest] Flip it back, let the music stay on Kids need a circuit for the end of the day I will run a new line when the paycheck is gone Flip it back, I am building a way [Bridge: Tear-throated Seattle female rock lead, soft then huge] I could have tagged it and locked it and left Called it a hazard and emptied the nest Instead I gave copper a path of its own Music stays lit when the Friday kids roam [Verse 3: Tear-throated Seattle female rock lead, tear-throated pride] Now the old breaker rests like a retired dog New circuit labeled in a clean little log Kids wrote my name on a sticker of flame Panel angel is a joke of a name I flip nothing back cause it does not trip Line holds the amps and it holds every riff If a room makes music where the rent is thin Run them a circuit and let the loud in [Chorus: Tear-throated Seattle female rock lead, shouted, full chest] Flip it back, let the music stay on Kids need a circuit for the end of the day I will run a new line when the paycheck is gone Flip it back, I am building a way [Outro: Tear-throated Seattle female rock lead, ringing, the switch throw rings out and fades] Flip it back Stay On [End]

