[Banjo picking, then 808 bass drops in] [VERSE 1 - Twangy drawl over trap beat] Well I drove my truck to Stanford town Where the smart folks gather 'round Parked outside the earthquake lab Best damn science they ever had But here's the thing that makes you think About the edge, about the brink That tree out front in Cardinal red Nobody questions what it said [CHORUS - Auto-Tuned hook with banjo] F-150 with the WiFi on (WiFi on) Hotspot burning from dusk to dawn (dusk to dawn) The tree's collecting seismic waves (seismic waves) While I'm connected in the strangest ways *[GLITCH DROP - beat stutters]* Nobody questions the tree—the tree—the tree Nobody wonders what it means to be—to—to be [VERSE 2] Five bars of signal in the parking lot Tesla charging in the visitor spot But that mascot's roots go deeper down Than any fiber optic in this town The earthquake sensors register the shake Every tremor that the fault lines make But what's the tree processing in its core? Is it consciousness? Or something more? [BRIDGE - Spoken word over minimal beat] See, I came here for the internet Stayed for the existential threat 'Cause that tree's been standing since '75 And it's more connected than you or I [FINAL CHORUS - Full production] F-150 with the WiFi on The tree and I, we both belong To networks that we can't explain Consciousness in the data rain [Beat breaks down to just banjo and crickets] [808 hits one last time] Nobody questions... The tree...
