Flashlight sweeps the carpet seams
Pac-Man winks in sleep mode dreams
Joystick dust forms galaxies
High scores fade like memories
Coin return rejects my quarter
Machine swallows what I offer
Synth chords bloom in minor keys
Hymn for ghosts in cardboard seas
Cabinet glow keeps me breathing
Pixel saints in digital evening
Altos rise from speaker grilles
Half-remembered hymns and chills
Radio static through the walls
Night shift stretches long and tall
Token slots eat borrowed quarters
Claw machine drops plastic daughters
Coin return rejects my quarter
Machine swallows what I offer
Synth chords bloom in minor keys
Hymn for ghosts in cardboard seas
Cabinet glow keeps me breathing
Pixel saints in digital evening
Altos rise from speaker grilles
Half-remembered hymns and chills
Donkey Kong throws barrels slow
Frogger hops on pixel flow
Galaga forms attack pattern
Ship explodes in frustration
Choir robes hang in locker rooms
Soprano cracked on Christmas Eve
Now I guard these glowing tombs
Forgiveness in the way I leave
Cabinet glow keeps me breathing
Pixel saints in digital evening
Altos rise from speaker grilles
Half-remembered hymns and chills
Sunrise bleeds through basement glass
Pac-Man wakes for morning mass
Joystick rests in calloused grip
Token saved for one more trip
Cabinet glow keeps me breathing
Pixel saints in digital evening
Altos rise from speaker grilles
Half-remembered hymns and chills
Cabinet glow fades to morning
Quarter sits in pocket warming
