Vending Machine Satori

[Intro]
[Verse]
Bowed bass dragging slow
Rhodes in a velvet glow
The glass is cold against my face
Static hum fills up the space
Machine sings an Al Green tune
Underneath a neon moon
I feed it a single, crumpled and thin
It swallows the regret I’m living in
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m counting the minutes I’m losing my limit the cycle is spinning I’m barely beginning
To look at the damage the baggage I manage the way that I vanish it’s hard to examine
But the coils are turning a hunger is burning for lessons I’m learning the truth I’ve been spurning
I feel the click in the tray
Everything's going my way
Tonight the machine is my prey
[Chorus]
Sweet satori
Tell my story
Sugar for the soul
Make me whole
Drop a little grace
In this lonely place
Let the sugar hit
This is finally it
[Post-Chorus]
Humming low
Let it go
Sugar hit
This is it
[Verse]
Udu drums tapping light
Through the laundromat night
(Spoken/ASMR) I actually liked the silence when you left.
(Spoken/ASMR) I kept the key just to feel the weight of it.
(Spoken/ASMR) I’m not even doing laundry, I just need the hum.
*Clink*
A chocolate bar falls
Echoing through these walls
I’m laughing at the floor
Asking for a little more
Each confession is a bite
Healing me tonight
[Breakdown]
Vinyl crackle pops
As the rhythm drops
PA system sighs
Under fluorescent skies
[Bridge]
Oh the hum is a prayer
Hanging in the air
Wash the linen white
In the dead of night
Every sin is a coin
Where the shadows join
I’m finding my peace
In this sweet release
From the Phrygian deep
While the city’s asleep
[Chorus]
Sweet satori
Tell my story
Sugar for the soul
Make me whole
Drop a little grace
In this lonely place
Let the sugar hit
This is finally it
[Post-Chorus]
Humming low
Let it go
Sugar hit
This is it
[Verse]
One last dollar bill
Sitting on the sill
I admit I’m afraid
Of the choices I’ve made
The machine gives a wink
And a caramel drink
I’m warm in the chest
Finally at rest
Wrapped in detergent steam
Living in a candy dream
[Outro]