Time machine paints the wall with yesterday's light
While the calendar blushes and missing pages
Time machine keeps the chair warm
For the future me who swears
You'll finally water the plastic fern
Time machine folds laundry so neatly
That even my excuses end up color-sorted
Time machine mails a postcard from next week
Saying, wish you were still here
You are a time machine
Brews coffee so slow
The aroma learns my childhood
Time machine turns a ceiling into a sky
Where midnight birds rehearse sunrise
Time machine hides my heartbreak inside a snow globe
And shakes it till it looks like weather
Time machine teaches my doubts to all
So they step on fewer toes
Time machine fits the whole room inside a pocket
And the pocket still loses its keys
Time machine sets all clocks to kind
And lets the minutes hug the margins
Time machine irons the creases out of silence
Till it drapes like velvet hope
Time machine whispers stay
Till the echo and the echo actually stay
The room, the room, time machine on fire
The room, the room, time machine on fire
The room, the room, time machine on fire
The room, the room, time machine on fire
Time machine blows birthday candles
For every second I almost gave up
And still calls it practice
Time machine keeps the door half open
So the draft can bring rumors of spring
Time machine swaps my regrets for coupons
That expire yesterday and somehow save tomorrow
Time machine turns teardrops into marbles
And my floor becomes a gentle galaxy
Time machine edits my diary with a pencil
That only writes forgiveness
Time machine lends the moon a dimmer switch
So the street can sleep in
Time machine mistakes my worries for origami
And folds them into paper boats
Time machine invites thunder to speak softly
And rain to play brush snare
Time machine stacks my failed plans like vinyl
And lets them crackle into groove
Time machine rehearses my laughter in reverse
Till it sounds like a promise
Time machine gives the mirror stage fright
So I see less performance and more person
Time machine carries a ladder of lullabies
To reach the high shelf of peace
Time machine tunes my footsteps to 92 BPM
So even walking feels like progress
Time machine braids loose ends with constellations
And labels them to be continued
Time machine teaches the radiator to purr in F major
And suddenly winter modulates
The room, time machine on fire
The room, time machine on fire
The room, time machine on fire
The room, time machine on fire
Time machine signs a lease with tomorrow
But pays the deposit in courage
Time machine throws a house warming for the past
And the neighbors bring stories
Time machine opens a window inside my chest
And lets in bicycle bells from June
Time machine plants a night light in the corner
And the shadows grow house broken
Time machine prints a map with no edges and marks
X where I'm standing
Time machine invites gravity to slow dance
So my worries flow politely above eye level
Time machine teaches my pulse to read between beats
Without losing the line
Time machine saves a seat for the version of me
That doesn't rush and he's only five minutes late
The room, time machine on fire
The room, time machine on fire
The room, time machine on fire
The room, time machine on fire
The room, time machine on fire
The room, time machine on fire
Time machine leaves the lamp on low and the door on maybe
Time machine packs a suitcase with daylight and labels
It open when it rains
Time machine lets the last chord ring long enough
For the future to harmonize