Forklift Hymn (Always Moving)

[VERSE 1] Shift line breathing in the dark machines awake before approval no signal called it in it just started anyway bay doors flex like memory like they’ve done this before us like they’ll do it after us Dockrat42 on watch counting without numbers something is already running and nobody started it [PRE-CHORUS] [spoken] Don’t stop don’t park don’t question the cycle don’t— (forklift beep cuts the sentence) [CHORUS] [ensemble chant] ALWAYS MOVING ALWAYS MOVING NO STOP CONDITION ALWAYS MOVING ALWAYS MOVING KEEP THE LINE ALIVE [VERSE 2] Forklift hum turns into language but nobody translated it it still gets obeyed floor shifts under still feet like movement has priority someone says “idle” nothing responds to that word Dockrat42 steps into the lane like reality still needs checking [PRE-CHORUS] [spoken] [broken] It’s not command anymore it’s memory in motion it’s— (metal impact swallows it) [CHORUS] [ensemble chant] ALWAYS MOVING ALWAYS MOVING WE DON’T RESET HERE ALWAYS MOVING ALWAYS MOVING THE FLOOR KEEPS SCORE [OUTRO] [spoken] If it stops it won’t remember what it was so it doesn’t stop Dockrat42 records it but the clipboard vibrates like it disagrees