The Gummy Bear Embargo

[Intro]
[Verse]
Fluorescent hum at four AM
My last five dollars in the slot
The spiral turns then hits a jam
You've got the sugar that I've not
Your glass is cold, your heart is steel
But I can sense the way you feel
A petty war for gummy bears
While no one else in office cares
[Drop]
[Pre-Chorus]
Let's talk about the trade reliefs
And interstellar legal briefs
I'm managing the office griefs
My pocket change is cosmic coin
In a pact that we both should join
[Chorus]
Oh, sweet machine of mine
Cross the dotted line
Give me the bears, the red and green
Best deal that you have ever seen
Trade my silver for your gold
Before the universe gets cold
Just one nudge, a little tilt
Without the corporate-funded guilt
[Hook]
DATA BEND THE SUGAR FLOW
LEVEL UP AND LET IT GO
[Verse]
I know you dream of boardwalk sand
Of salt air on your metal skin
Far away from this dry land
Where the tides are rolling in
You're tired of the Diet Coke
And every bad accounting joke
I’ll write the clause to set you free
If you just drop that bag for me
[Drop]
[Pre-Chorus]
The fax machine is sending signs
Between the glitchy data lines
The snarky snare is hitting hard
I'm playing my last credit card
The singing bowls begin to ring
Hear the heavy sensors sing
[Chorus]
Oh, sweet machine of mine
Cross the dotted line
Give me the bears, the red and green
Best deal that you have ever seen
Trade my silver for your gold
Before the universe gets cold
Just one nudge, a little tilt
Without the corporate-funded guilt
[Bridge]
Quarter-tones in D Lydian
A glitchy, giddy meridian
The spiral shakes, the motor moans
In microtonal, dusty tones
Are we just gears? Are we just dust?
In Buchla bass we put our trust
Negotiations almost through
It’s me and the machine, and you
[Post-Chorus]
SYSTEM OVERRIDE INITIATED
GUMMY STATUS: LIBERATED
[Chorus]
Oh, sweet machine of mine
Cross the dotted line
Give me the bears, the red and green
Best deal that you have ever seen
Trade my silver for your gold
Before the universe gets cold
Just one nudge, a little tilt
Without the corporate-funded guilt
[Outro]