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