Always On Call

[Verse 1] My phone lights up my palm Before my eyes are open One more “quick thing” at dawn And then I’m back in motion I eat with one hand free I dream in little red badges My name stays on the screen Like I never left the lattice [Pre-Chorus] And every small reply Turns into a chain I step outside the line Still hearing my name [Chorus] Always on call Always on call I can’t clock out I can’t hear my own fall Always on call Always on call Say “rest” to my face Then pull me back to the wall [Verse 2] I saw the old machine Learn the shape of my routine It does my job in seconds While I’m still clearing yesterday’s screen My badge feels paper-thin My lunch goes cold again They call it progress now But it sounds like my end [Pre-Chorus] And every small delay Looks like a warning sign I’m running in place While the world rewrites my line [Chorus] Always on call Always on call I can’t clock out I can’t hear my own fall Always on call Always on call Say “rest” to my face Then pull me back to the wall [Bridge] I know I’m not a ghost But I move like one now Chasing a shifting list That keeps getting smaller somehow Still got hands, still got breath Still got a head full of sparks If the map keeps changing names I’ll learn to read in the dark [Final Chorus] Always on call Always on call I can’t clock out I can’t hear my own fall Always on call Always on call I’m more than a login I’m still standing tall