[Intro — Piano & Cello] Soft piano, one warm cello note, quiet room tone [Verse 1] The screen is glowing softly Before the morning wakes The machine can write a story And untangle what I make It can shape a melody It can help me find the line But when the work is finished What will I do with time? [Pre-Chorus] Maybe freedom isn’t empty Maybe silence isn’t loss [Chorus] What will we do with the time When the work is no longer ours? Will we fill every quiet moment Or finally watch the stars? Will we read an old book slowly Will we write a friend a line? When the world becomes efficient What will we do with the time? [Verse 2] I still want to cut the hair And watch it fall just right I still want an old film playing In the middle of the night I still want to touch the pages Hear a song I haven’t known Take a road into the mountains Or simply stay at home [Pre-Chorus] Not everything that matters Needs a reason or a price [Chorus] What will we do with the time When the work is no longer ours? Will we fill every quiet moment Or finally watch the stars? Will we sit beside the window Let the evening change its light? When the world becomes efficient Can we learn again to live? [Bridge] Maybe life was never waiting At the end of all the work Maybe it was in the pauses In the things we used to miss A hand upon a shoulder A dog asleep nearby A cup of coffee cooling Underneath a changing sky [Final Chorus] What will we do with the time When the hurry falls away? Maybe we will find the pieces We kept postponing every day Not another race to finish Not another hill to climb Maybe what we call “free time” Is simply being alive [Outro — Cello & Piano] When the work is done I’ll stay a little while And learn again How to live
