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What's Next?
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What's Next? was released on September 5, 2026 by Roy Stone as a part of the album What's Next?
September 5, 2026
LabelRoy Stone
LanguageEnglish
BPM117
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Music Video

Music Video

Lyrics

Give me a job
Give me a call
Give me something
With a start
And a done
Tell me where
Tell me when
Tell me who needs me
And I’ll be there
Twenty years
Next job
Badge on
Next call
Night shift
Overtime
Weekend somebody didn’t want
I’ll take it
Keep the hands moving
Keep the head busy
Keep moving
That’s what I knew
Something breaks
Fix it
Somebody calls
Answer
Something goes wrong
Handle it
Never thought much
About what came after
There was always
Something next
Something next
Then one day
Nothing
No radio
No shift
No name
On the board
No one waiting
For me to show
I spent my whole life
Knowing what came next
Now there’s no mission left
No mission left
Monday comes
So does Tuesday
Neither one
Needs much from me
So I made lists
Fixed the gate
Rearranged tools
That were already
Where I wanted them
Bought an old project truck
Made it run
Stood there
With grease on my hands
Wondering
Now what?
Now what?
Turns out
You can’t build yourself
A reason
Can’t put purpose
On a calendar
Can’t make somebody need you
Just because
You’re ready to work
No mission left
That’s the part
Nobody talks much about
You learn
How to finish the job
Not so much
What comes after
Then she showed up
Forty pounds
With absolutely no respect
For personal space
Hit the house
Like bad weather
Stole a glove
Found the trash
Found the food
Found every damn thing
I hadn’t planned
On dealing with
I said
“No”
She looked at me
Like we’d both heard
Something ridiculous
First week
She broke a latch
Second week
She figured out
The new one
Third week
I stopped pretending
I wasn’t impressed
She didn’t care
What I used to do
Didn’t care
What badge I wore
Didn’t ask
Why some days
I didn’t have much to say
She had plans
Walk this road
Open that door
Teach me this
Throw that again
Again
Again
No speeches
No sympathy
Just
What’s next?
There it was
That damn question again
No mission left?
Could’ve fooled her
She had enough work
For both of us
Miles to walk
Things to learn
A whole damn world
She hadn’t smelled yet
And apparently
I was coming with her
I thought
I was training the dog
Sit
Stay
Watch me
Easy
Again
Sit
Stay
Watch me
Again
Somewhere in all
That repetition
I started listening too
She gave me something
I couldn’t build
In the garage
Somebody needed me
Tomorrow
And the day after that
Maybe that’s all
A mission really is
Not a uniform
Not a badge
Not somebody handing you
Orders
Just something
Waiting for you
To show up
No mission left?
Yeah
Tell her that
She’s already
At the door
What’s next?
What’s next?
Written by: Roy Haustein
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