Plastic Gold

[Intro]
[Verse]
Salt air eats the paint
Neon humming like a complaint
Step on a sticky floor
I don't play here anymore
Found a coin in the dust
Coated in a layer of rust
[Pre-Chorus]
It’s a tiny piece of metal
Waiting for the dust to settle
I was seven, maybe eight
Now I’m just a little late
[Chorus]
Oh, let the tickets fly
Under a purple sky
I’m screaming at the glass
Watching the seasons pass
You never heard my name
It’s such a rigged game
Yeah, it’s a rigged game
[Post-Chorus]
Rigged game
Rigged game
Rigged game
Rigged game
[Verse]
Skee-ball machine has a crack
I want my childhood back
Prize counter’s looking grim
Lights are getting pretty dim
Plastic rings and fake pearls
For all the quiet little girls
[Pre-Chorus]
Holding on to plastic gold
Doing what I’m always told
I was seven, maybe eight
Now I’m just a little late
[Chorus]
Oh, let the tickets fly
Under a purple sky
I’m screaming at the glass
Watching the seasons pass
You never heard my name
It’s such a rigged game
Yeah, it’s a rigged game
[Hook]
Insert coin
Watch it spin
I’ll never win
I’ll never win
[Bridge]
The joystick is broken
Keep your little token
I grew up in the dark
Left a permanent mark
You ignored every shout
Now the power is out
Yeah, the power is out
[Verse]
I drop the coin in the slot
Give it everything I got
Machine makes a dying sound
Silence all around
No bells, no flashing light
Just the middle of the night
[Chorus]
Oh, let the tickets fly
Under a purple sky
I’m screaming at the glass
Watching the seasons pass
You never heard my name
It’s such a rigged game
Yeah, it’s a rigged game
[Post-Chorus]
Rigged game
Rigged game
Rigged game
Rigged game
[Outro]