00:00Da-da-da-doo, da-da-da-dee-doo, da-da-da-dee-na-la-do-do
00:10Dust on the keys, ribbon dry black
00:13Carriage return bell, ding, bringing it back
00:16Ghost in the plate and typing alone
00:19Words from the dead in monospace tone
00:22I sit in the basement of a house, long-sold
00:25Royal, quiet, deluxe, serial number old
00:28Grandfather's fingers once hammered my soul
00:30Love letters, war letters, debts taking toll
00:33Now I type by myself when the power goes out
00:36Sentences crawling like spiders about
00:38Forgive me, repeated on yellow, stop, return
00:42Leather slamming like a coffin door, knock
00:44The new owners hear me at 4.02 a.m.
00:47Clack, clack, ding, words they don't understand
00:50Stories of affairs and unpaid rent
00:52Suicide notes that were never sent
00:55I spell out their secrets, they think I concealed
00:58Every keystroke of truth slowly revealed
01:01Ribboning phase, but the message stays strong
01:03Carbon copies of every old wrong
01:06They try to unplug me, I don't need juice
01:08Mechanical memory, no modern excuse
01:11Cover me once with a plastic shroud
01:14But I type straight through, clear and loud
01:17Children come down with a flashlight beam
01:19Watch letters appear like a nightmare dream
01:22I write them their futures and curry a bold
01:25Things they'll regret when they're grey and old
01:28Forgotten typewriter, haunting the night
01:30Clacking confessions, impair electric light
01:33Bing at the margin, end of the line
01:36If this mechanical ghost makes you lose time
01:39Press any key to continue the dread
01:42Smash that light or the words will spread
01:45Ace plays dusted this relic awake
01:47Type your name, seal your fate
01:50One day they'll junk me or sell me for scrap
01:53But I'll find a new desk and a new kind of trap
01:56Every office, every thrift store shelf
01:58I live in the action, immortal myself
02:01I remember the hands that abandoned my frame
02:04Every typist who carried the blame
02:07My final message on the page, curled and brown
02:09I never stopped even when you shut down
02:12Forgotten typewriter, haunting complete
02:14Last sheet ejected, cold and neat
02:17Bell rings once more and find a defeat
02:20If this lo-fi curse found its beat
02:23Let the ribbon run out in your head
02:26Hit that light before you're dead
02:28Ace plays left this loop on repeat
02:31Listen close, hear the beats
02:34C-L-A-C-K-D-I-N-N-G
02:39One last carriage returns, sliding lock
02:42Paper stays blank
02:44The room goes quiet
02:46But somewhere, a new key begins to rock
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