[Verse 1]
Utopia's not a blueprint on the wall
Not a perfect world that's waiting for us all
It's a method, it's a way to think and see
How the present could be changed, how we could be free
Bloch said concrete dreams are more than fantasy
They're the "Not Yet" calling from what's meant to be
[Chorus]
Method not blueprint, that's the way
Not Yet is calling every day
Living futures in the present time
Queer tomorrow breaks the line
Prefigure now what could be real
Speculative futures we can feel
[Verse 2]
Reproductive time says children are the key
But queer futurity sets different visions free
No need for babies to make tomorrow count
Other ways of loving, other lives amount
To futures built on joy instead of fear
Where every kind of person can appear
[Chorus]
Method not blueprint, that's the way
Not Yet is calling every day
Living futures in the present time
Queer tomorrow breaks the line
Prefigure now what could be real
Speculative futures we can feel
[Bridge]
Prefiguration means we start today
Building what we want in how we play
How we work together, how we care
Makes the future present everywhere
Science fiction shows us what might be
Temporal practice sets our spirits free
[Verse 3]
Stories help us practice time and space
Speculative fiction shows each place
Where we could go and who we could become
When the future's not just for some
Write the world, then live it in your heart
That's where every transformation starts
[Chorus]
Method not blueprint, that's the way
Not Yet is calling every day
Living futures in the present time
Queer tomorrow breaks the line
Prefigure now what could be real
Speculative futures we can feel
[Outro]
The future's not lost, it's in our hands
Method, Not Yet, queer future lands
Prefigure, speculate, and make it true
Tomorrow starts with me and you