[blackout]
[distorted PA]
Tomorrowline service suspended.
Remain where you are.
Await further instruction.
[Lucien, spoken]
No.
[bass hits]
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!
[crowd]
MOVE WHEN I MOVE!
MOVE WHEN I MOVE!
WE LEAVE TONIGHT!
[verse]
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 by the platform said—
“Not anymore.
Not here.”
Control room locked
Glass cracked
Operator gone
Last transmission looping
since the first alarm
[PA]
Remain calm
Stand clear
Do not cross the line
[Lucien]
But smoke rolled in—
AND THE CEILING LIGHTS DIED!
Found a transit map
underneath the console frame
Half the routes scratched out
one line without a name
Lower Chapel
Arcade district
Flooded glassworks
Northern exit
They called it—
TOMORROWLINE.
Built but never shown
A hidden road
for the people they called 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!
[crowd]
NO PERMISSION!
NO REPLY!
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!
[half-time]
I split the room in sections
NORTH STAIR!
SOUTH RAIL!
Strong arms by the doorway
Keep a path for the frail
Count every child twice
Check the tunnels for heat
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
[radio]
Unauthorized access.
Return control to us.
[Lucien]
Control never left you.
YOU ABANDONED THE FLOOR.
Now the people you ignored—
AREN'T WAITING FOR ORDERS ANYMORE!
[static]
Train lights rose
like two cold stars in the dark
Doors pulled wide
No conductor inside
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
MOVE WHEN I MOVE!
MOVE WHEN I MOVE!
WE LEAVE TONIGHT!
[spoken]
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
Woman with the ticket 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's enough
to make a future from a line.
[alarms]
Platform doors buckled
Prize district went black
Control shouted—
LAST WARNING!
STOP THE TRAIN!
[band cut]
I put my hand on the lever.
Remember my name.
[full band]
GET ON THE TOMORROWLINE!
[crowd]
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!
MOVE WHEN I MOVE!
MOVE WHEN I MOVE!
MOVE WHEN I MOVE!
WE LEAVE TONIGHT!
[Lucien]
WHO MOVES?!
[crowd]
WE MOVE!
WHO GETS LEFT?!
NO ONE!
WHO GETS LEFT?!
NO ONE!
TOMORROWLINE!
TOMORROWLINE!
TOMORROWLINE!
[false ending]
[damaged PA]
Remain where you are.
[Lucien]
Too late.
WE ALREADY LEFT.