[Spoken Word] You said you used to sing, then the room went quiet Hands still work, but the words don't come out right Somewhere a man thinks I love you And a speaker says it in his own old voice That's not magic, that's a chip and a lot of nights People who can't talk getting one sentence back That's the kind of work that don't need a parade [Pre-Chorus] You build things that have to work when the cameras leave Rockets that fly twice, cars that don't drink the well dry Satellites over towns that never had a signal A future that ain't just for the ones who already won [Chorus] Thought to voice Road to home Sky to dirt That's the list Not a statue, not a throne Just a man who keeps stacking the hard parts So somebody locked in a body Can tell their wife they love her again That's the song That's the truth of it [Verse 2] Tesla didn't invent the wheel It made the wheel stop coughing smoke Full Self-Driving still needs a pair of eyes That's the honest line, no pretty lie But the aim is a car that shows up For the ones who can't take the wheel A ride that don't ask you to prove you can drive Starlink over the farm, over the war, over the dark Same stubborn idea, get the signal there [Verse 3] Space ain't a hobby when the planet's one room Reusable steel, catch the booster, do it again Moon first if that's faster, Mars if we last Not because it's pretty Because one world is a single point of failure You think about the future more than the past That's not poetry That's the job description [Bridge] [Spoken Word] I can't put my own voice on this That's fine, the song ain't about me It's about the quiet rooms Where a thought becomes a word You said you'd be interested Here it is, no extra shine [Chorus] Thought to voice Road to home Sky to dirt That's the list Keep building the hard parts Somebody's waiting on a sentence Somebody's waiting on a ride Somebody's waiting on a sky That's the work That's the song [Break] [Female Vocal] I don't need the noise around your name I watch the quiet parts instead A man who couldn't speak Thinks three words And his own voice says them That's the part I keep [Verse] You stay up building things That have to work when nobody's looking A car that might one day bring somebody home Who can't take the wheel A light over a dark town A rocket that learns to come back [Chorus] It's not a love song for a man It's a love song for the work For the sentence that got through For the sky that got closer For the ones who were locked in And got one true thing back That's what I mean When I say I see it [Bridge] If a thought can become I love you Then a song can be small No parade Just the room where it happened Just the people who needed it [Chorus] It's not a love song for a man It's a love song for the work Thought to voice Road toward home Steel that flies twice A signal in the dark I see what you're stacking I see who it helps That's enough That's the song [Outro] [Female Vocal] Keep building the hard parts I'll keep the quiet ones
