Keep It Running

Before the room comes online Before first light hits the glass My hands already know the order My body knows the task I can hear the whole thing waking In the wires, in the walls Another day held up by habit Another name inside the calls There’s a rhythm to the failure There’s a rhyme to the repair You learn to move before you feel it You learn to make it look like care One more hinge One more answer One more thing I keep from coming loose One more hour Standing straight Like that’s the same thing as the truth Everybody leans On what can hold the weight Nobody sees What it takes Keep it running... Keep it running... Keep the line alive Keep the lights from cutting out Keep it running... Keep it running... Even when something in me Starts to wear down from the inside out I know the sound Of a small collapse before it starts So I keep it running While it pulls apart I know the tone that settles panic I know the face that gets things through How to carry someone else’s fire Like it never touches you I used to think that being useful Meant there’d be something left of me Now I’m not sure where all that ended Or what this steadiness costs to keep Every room Has its hunger Every day asks for a little more And if I stop Even for a second I can hear the strain beneath the floor Everybody trusts The shape that doesn’t shake Nobody asks What it breaks Keep it running... Keep it running... Keep the line alive Keep the lights from cutting out Keep it running... Keep it running... Even when something in me Starts to wear down from the inside out I know the sound Of a small collapse before it starts So I keep it running While it pulls apart I keep the noise below the surface I keep the room from feeling fear I keep the motion looking seamless I keep the worst of it from here But who keeps you From going under Who holds your name When the lights stay on Who keeps you whole When all they need Is the part of you That carries on Still I go on Still I go on Keep it running... Keep it running... Keep the line alive Keep the lights from cutting out Keep it running... Keep it running... Even when something in me Starts to disappear without a sound I know the weight Of a small collapse before it starts So I keep it running With my hands around the dark One more room One more spark One more day Held in place Keep it running... Keep it running... Till the morning finds its shape ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Creative Credits Artist: Christopher Tharby (Second Voice North) Composition & Concept Development: Christopher Tharby x ChatGPT AI Music Engine: SUNO (Pro) Mix / Mastering Guidance: Assisted via ChatGPT prompts Visual Direction: Christopher Tharby AI Use Disclosure This song was created with the assistance of AI tools: SUNO (music generation) and ChatGPT (songwriting & production guidance). All prompts, direction, and final creative decisions are by the artist, Christopher Tharby. Copyright © 2025 Christopher Tharby / Second Voice North. All rights reserved. Music created using SUNO’s AI music engine (Pro plan) with original prompts, lyrics, and concepts by Christopher Tharby, developed in collaboration with ChatGPT. #SecondVoiceNorth#ChrisAndSam#OriginalMusic#IndieRock#IndieArtist #CanadianArtist#LyricVideo