Tomorrowline service suspended Remain where you are Await further instruction No Get on the Tomorrowline No sleep, no warning sign Red lights behind us Blue fire in front of mine Get on the Tomorrowline One way, no borrowed time They told us stay frozen I told them Move when I move Move when I move Move when I move We leave tonight Came through the east tunnel, quarter past three Station full of people staring holes through a screen Every board said delayed, every speaker said wait Every uniform disappeared through a maintenance gate Kid with a red bag asked, "Is somebody in charge?" Old man near the platform said, "Not anymore, not here" Woman held a ticket like a document of faith While the map above her flickered every color into gray Control room locked Glass cracked Operator gone Last transmission looping since the first alarm "Remain calm Stand clear Do not cross the line" But smoke rolled in And the ceiling lights died I found a transit map underneath the console frame Half the routes scratched out, one line without a name Ran from Lower Chapel through the arcade district Past the flooded glassworks to a northern exit They called it Tomorrowline Built but never shown Emergency track for the people they considered their own I looked at the crowd Then the locked control door Said, "They kept one road open We’re not waiting anymore" No permission No reply When the last signal fails You choose who survives Get on the Tomorrowline No sleep, no warning sign Red lights behind us Blue fire in front of mine Get on the Tomorrowline One way, no borrowed time They told us stay frozen I told them Move when I move Move when I move Move when I move We leave tonight Move when I move I split the room in sections North stair, south rail Strong arms near the doorway Keep a path for the frail Counted every child twice Checked the tunnels for heat Told the loudest men talking Put their hands underneath No heroes in the speeches No time for a crown Leadership is knowing Who you refuse to leave down Found the backup current Cut the ceremonial light Fed the whole remaining grid To the track beneath our feet Then the radios woke With a voice from above "Unauthorized access Return control to us" I said, "Control never left you You abandoned the floor Now the people you ignored Aren't waiting for orders anymore" Static hit hard Then the bass hit harder Train lights rose like two cold stars in the dark Doors pulled wide No conductor inside Only one dead screen flashing Choose the line Get on the Tomorrowline No sleep, no warning sign Red lights behind us Blue fire in front of mine Get on the Tomorrowline One way, no borrowed time They told us stay frozen I told them Move when I move Move when I move Move when I move We leave tonight I used to stand at the back And study the room Then I crossed every road They said would set me free Then I saw the game Behind the prize Now the lights are dead And everybody is looking at me Fine Follow me First car packed Second car sealed Third car carrying medicine stolen from the field Fourth held the records Fifth held the names Sixth held the people they deleted from the frame At the rear stood the woman With the ticket in her hand Said, "How do you know this train Goes where you think it can?" I said, "I don't But I know what stays behind And sometimes that is enough To make a future from a line" Then the platform doors buckled Prize district went black Chapel bells sounded through the tunnel at our back Control shouted, "Last warning Stop the train" I put my hand on the lever Said "Remember my name" Get on the Tomorrowline No sleep, no warning sign Red lights
