I lean against the brick facade
While Pac-Man wakes in phosphor squads
My basket holds a melted drop
The kickstand finds its gravel stop
Quarter souls feed blinking mouths
Neon bleeds from northern souths
I count the beats in four-four time
While synth arpeggios climb and climb
Chrome psalm rings through the cabinet
Steel hymn hums where the joysticks sit
I witness every high score dawn
Before the morning pulls me on
Joystick sweat on teenage palms
Galaga sings its dying psalms
I feel the bass in tire tread
A low E humming overhead
Chrome psalm rings through the cabinet
Steel hymn hums where the joysticks sit
I witness every high score dawn
Before the morning pulls me on
Fluorescent buzz becomes my choir
No organ pipes just coil and wire
I sang in robes now rust and chrome
This underground becomes my home
The owner flips the master switch
Silence falls on pixel rich
My frame contracts in cooling air
A prayer breathed in repair
Tomorrow brings the same bright crew
New initials scores renewed
I'll keep my vigil spokes aligned
Chrome psalm eternal undefined
Chrome psalm rings through the cabinet
Steel hymn hums where the joysticks sit
I witness every high score dawn
Before the morning pulls me on
Chrome psalm rings through the cabinet
Steel hymn hums where the joysticks sit
I witness every high score dawn
Before the morning pulls me on
Chrome psalm sings eternal
Chrome psalm stays eternal
Spokes catch sodium glow
Chrome hymn paints long silhouette
