Phrase Request – Correct Phrase for Not Hearing an Alarm Due to Deep Sleep

There are a variety of words that can accomplish this goal. Most of them don't imply that the object can still move, but none of the ones I'm giving you imply that it can't. If you want to imply that it can still move, you could easily just add "right now", implying that at other times it may move.

• "Still" — This is one of its meanings, and probably the simplest word to use here.

• "Stationary" — This word means the same thing, though it sounds a bit more formal.

• "Stopped" — This one implies that it had been moving at some point, which for all of your examples is most likely true. It won't necessarily start moving again, though. This word can also be applied to things that aren't motion, but I think it works well.

• "Unmoving" — This just means not moving.

• "Motionless" — This one implies that there is no movement at all, so it might not be exactly what you're looking for.

And, as Au101 said,

• "at a standstill" — works perfectly as well, though a bit more wordy.

"Stick your fork in it and see if it's done."

To stick a fork into something can have a negative meaning, along the lines of 'I don't like it, it's terrible, it's not good', or, per definition 2 of the link, 'To be completely destroyed or defeated'. Or as in The Urban Dictionary (TUD) entry 3 'Indicating a losing or lost cause'.

So, being music and song, when lines can have many meanings, it seems a play on words of both "a fork in the road" as a decision or "another turning point" and to just stick a fork in the road, because I think the situation (or my life) is terrible or even a lost cause, and/or it shows that my attitude toward the turning point in life, or all of life, is negative.

But, as always, poetry and song lyrics are open to multiple interpretations, some of which may be unintended or even unknown to the writer(s).