The stories behind I Am The Answer

• The Backing Vocals Answer Back Twice as Loud — The second take of "I Am The Answer" adds a call-and-response "oh-oh" behind the chorus and pushes the drums further forward.
• Ninety Seconds Is All the Story Anyone Needs — "I Am The Answer" turns the moment a ventilator alarm won't stop into an arena-rock anthem for whoever is already moving before the phone call ends.

Lyrics

The staff is calling out

The room is holding breath

I'm ventilated down There's nobody's idea of

rest

I don't need the whole story

Just the make in the room I'm halfway down the hallway

Before they're on the phone

I am the answer when the alarm won't stop I am the answer when

the whole floor drops

You don't know my name and that's right I am the answer

So walk it into the light

Walk it into the light

90 seconds in, I've got the panel free

It's a valve, a hose, a fuse, or a feed

The staff exhales, the room goes still

Another ordinary Tuesday Another bill

I am the answer when the alarm won't stop I

am the answer when the whole floor drops

You don't know my name and that's alright I am the answer

Walking into the light

Nobody claps when the fixing's done

I'm gone before the credit comes

That's fine by me, that's the whole design I just needed to

get there in time

I am the answer when the alarm won't stop I am the answer

when the whole floor drops

You don't know my name and that's alright I am the answer

Walking into the light

Calling it in

I'm already there