Edge of Play

{ambient analog synthesizer swells} {gentle mechanical

keyboard clicking rhythm} {soft humming} (oooh) At the edge of the world,

where the gridlines fade

Sitting alone

in the blue light shade

The map ends here but my fingers know the key

Chasing the phantoms of a dying screen (hm-mmm)

And the ping is high,

the server is slow

But we got nowhere left to go

{rhythmic building low-pass filter opening} We are gaming on the borderline,

looking for a sign

Lagging through the static of a frozen line

Lost in the tundra,

waiting for the spark Two megabits of hope burning in the dark

{soaring detuned supersaw synth line}

Wind howling outside

through the plastic frame

No one's left alive

in the final game

Just a lonely wanderer

on a pixelated peak

Searching for the solace

that I came to seek

{soft acoustic guitar arpeggios fading in}

Disconnect

Reconnect

(oh please) Is anybody out there in the freeze?

{intense glitch edits on the instruments}

Lost in the tundra...

(offline, offline...) {keyboard clicking slows down and

stops} {final sustained synth chord

fades to cold room noise}