When the Machine Starts - Missy Higgins

When the machine starts up again

Will I be chasing every car?

When the machine starts up again

Will I continue?

my heart?

When the machine starts up again

Will I be spinning all the plates?

Dancing in the mirrors?

Clicking all the way?

When the machine starts

Will you remind me I saw the truth once

I saw it floating in the air

When the machine starts up again

Will I be spanning at its wheels?

Drinking down the voices?

Oh, and buying books on how to feel?

When the machine starts up again

Will I forget what it’s like to be standing here looking up, drinking in the

sky?

Whn the machine starts

Will you remind m

I saw the truth once

I saw it floating in the air

Oh, don’t let me forget

Don’t let me forget

Don’t let me forget

When the machine starts up again

When the machine starts up again

When the lockdown ends

And the speed is picking up

Will you remind me darling

What it felt like just to stop