[Intro] (Dark synth heartbeat sample. Low-bit digital hiss. The sound of a soda tab opening.) [Verse 1] Motherboard heart. Don't be technology. I want to flick the switch and Watch you go dark. (Scrap metal God.) Found Him in the exhaust In a mid-Missouri winter Looking like a total loss. [Pre-Chorus] Taste the copper. Summer in a tin can. Begging for the heat while the AC hums a static plan. You can’t keep a good man Under the ice. I’m waitin' on the sun To pay the price. [Chorus] (Sticky, liquid "Glass Animals" beat - heavy on the sub-bass) Don't be the tide. Don't be the marine. Just a 007 flick On a silver screen. Be my babe. (Be my babe.) Be the note I can’t hit. Be the old, tired joke That never quite quit. [Verse 2] Stoning the clock. Waiting for the midnight. Obsessed with the future In a 16-bit light. If you’re gonna breed Just keep it in the basement. I’m a saint with a past Looking for a replacement. [Bridge] (The heartbeat slows. Sounds like a Nintendo cartridge being blown into.) Quick slaughter. Fast harmonies. I’m outside Growing roots in Mario's Tree. You aren’t the sun, You’re just a 40-watt glow. You will not listen To the things I know. [Outro - The Abyss Loop] (Techno pulse kicks in. Minimalist. Dark. Heavy sub-bass "bump".) Watch the signal fade. (Sinner has a future.) Watching the signal fade. (Saint has a past.) Into the 16-bit light. (Apricot. Capri Sun. Static.) Flick the switch and watch it go dark. (Sinner has a future.) (Heartbeat stops abruptly. Digital dial tone.)
