[Intro]
Step right up, the future's here
Well, not here, but it's near
It's always near
[Verse 1]
He stands up on the stage in a spotlight built of hype
Says the miracle is coming, and the crowd eats every byte
A truck that drives itself, just a couple quarters out
A sports car built for orbit, hear the true believers shout
The demo was a render, the timeline was a prayer
But doubt is just for losers, and the losers aren't there
[Chorus]
He's next year's man
Every wonder's twelve months out
Next year's man
Sell the future, ship the doubt
The deadline died a dozen deaths
But the faithful still believe
Next year's man
Got next year up his sleeve
[Verse 2]
He sketched a magic tube once on the back of a napkin dream
Said we'd fly through steel at airline speed, frictionless and clean
The physics said impossible, the materials said no
But he called it a white paper, so the faithful called it gold
Ten years and not an inch of track, the desert test is rust
But question it in public and get buried by the trust
[Chorus]
He's next year's man
Every wonder's twelve months out
Next year's man
Sell the future, ship the doubt
The deadline died a dozen deaths
But the faithful still believe
Next year's man
Got next year up his sleeve
[Bridge]
He wrote it down himself
So it must be true
No data, no review
But it reads like gospel to you
A citation of a mirror
A prophecy of one
And the peer review is worship
When the science comes undone
[Verse 3]
And the red rock in the night sky's got a landing date again
It's moved a dozen times now, but this promise has no end
'Cause the promise is the product, and the product is the show
And the stock don't need it shipping, it just needs you not to know
That hoping isn't engineering, wanting isn't proof
And a billion true believers never made a dream bulletproof
[Outro]
Next year, next year
It's always next year
The future's in pre-order
And the invoice is here
Step right up
Step right up
He's next year's man
And next year never comes
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