[INTRO — SHOE TAPS, DISTANT BASS] Stop moving I am standing still [PAUSE] My foot don’t count [DRUMS SNAP IN] [VERSE 1 — QUICK RHYTHMIC TENOR] Waiting by the door But my shoulder on beat Rope ain’t moving Neither are my feet— Okay That was a lie Little two-step But I kept it inside Friend said “Save it for the floor” What you think I’m warming up for? Bass through the wall Found the back of my neck Now the line doing moves And they don’t know it yet Security looked I straightened right up He looked away Then the hi-hat struck Left heel tapped Right hand drummed Girl behind me said “There he go again” Turned around She was moving too Caught red-handed What you wanna do? She said “I can stop whenever” Beat dropped harder We both said, “Never” [PRE-CHORUS — BUILDING FALSETTO] There’s a rhythm In the ceiling In the glasses In the floor If the room goes quiet Give me four— One Two Three— [CHORUS — EXPLOSIVE DANCE-POP] I’m bad at standing still Bad at standing still Even when the music low I’m moving like it’s loud for real Bad at standing still Tell my body what you will Soon as something finds a groove I’m gonna move I always will Head nod Foot tap One turn Come back Try to hold me in one place Good luck with that I’m bad at standing still Bad at standing still If the beat got any life I’m moving with it [POST-CHORUS — CHOPPED VOCALS] Move-move Can’t help it Still-still Never felt it Move-move Don’t stop it Whole room Get up on it [VERSE 2 — BOUNCY SUNG-RAP] Made it to the bar Told myself behave Then the bartender Started shaking on the eighth Ice in the cup Made a rhythm on time Now I’m dancing with the straw Like it’s part of the design She said “You do this everywhere?” Elevator Kitchen Folding chairs Crosswalk beeping Turn signal clicking If it got a pattern I’m probably listening She tried a test Turned the volume down I kept the whole groove Without any sound Kick in my chest Snare in my head She said, “That’s annoying” Then copied my step Now we got a circle Opening wide Somebody yelled “Let the restless boy try” I said, “Restless?” Put respect on the skill Then hit four clean counts Without standing still [PRE-CHORUS] There’s a rhythm In the ceiling In the glasses In the floor If the room goes quiet Give me four— One Two Three— [CHORUS] I’m bad at standing still Bad at standing still Even when the music low I’m moving like it’s loud for real Bad at standing still Tell my body what you will Soon as something finds a groove I’m gonna move I always will Head nod Foot tap One turn Come back Try to hold me in one place Good luck with that I’m bad at standing still Bad at standing still If the beat got any life I’m moving with it [BREAK — ALL INSTRUMENTS STOP] [COMPLETE SILENCE] [whispered] See? Standing still [SHOE SQUEAK] [BACKGROUND LAUGHTER] That don’t count [UNEXPECTED PERCUSSION SOLO] [FOOTSTEPS BECOME THE BEAT] [CLAPS JOIN] [BASS BUILDS FROM THE FOOTSTEP RHYTHM] [DANCE BREAK — RAPID ELECTRO-FUNK] Heel Toe Slide Switch Back Front Don’t miss this Low Turn Freeze— [HALF-BEAT PAUSE] I said freeze [GLITCHED VOCAL] Can’t-can’t-can’t [FULL BEAT EXPLODES] [FINAL CHORUS — STACKED CHOIR] I’m bad at standing still Bad at standing still Now the whole room moving Like they finally know how I feel Bad at standing still Tell our bodies what you will Soon as something finds a groove We’re gonna move We always will Head nod Foot tap One turn Come back Try to hold us in one place Good luck with that We’re bad at standing still Bad at standing still If the beat got any life We’re moving with it [FINAL REFRAIN — FALSETTO] Don’t make me wait Without a rhythm Don’t make me stand Without a sound Give me anything I’ll dance with it Even when the beat shuts down [OUTRO — SHOE TAPS CONTINUE] Music stopped I know Then why you still dancing? [softly] Momentum
