[Radar blip sounds] [Jungle bird calls] [Electronic malfunction] [Tribal drums building] [Sonar sweeps panning] (Spoken, fast, manic) "Testing, testing, one-two-three— Wait, what number comes after tree? They wired my brain backwards, you see— Now the colors all taste like electricity!" [Glitch stutter on "electricity"] [Verse 1 - Rapid spoken word, scattered] (Fast, Robin Williams energy) I used to fly straight Now I fly in zigzags and figure-eights The humans put electrodes in my brain Fifty-seven of them—or was it five? I can't remember, but I'm still alive! They tested my reflexes Tested my sight Put me in mazes Under fluorescent light Shocked me when I turned left Shocked me when I turned right Now my thoughts come out like static But at least I can still take flight! (Pitch shifts up) I see sounds! (Pitch shifts down) I hear colors! (Normal pitch, confused) Wait, is that normal? Should I tell the others? [Pre-Chorus - Building glitch] [Tribal drums intensifying] [Glitchy synths rising] [Sonar sweeps faster] My radar's broken My circuits fried But I escaped that lab And now I glide— [Chorus - Glitchy but melodic] [Full glitch beat drops] [Tribal percussion heavy] [Nature samples layered] (Sung, glitchy vocal chops) I'm wired wrong, wired wrong [stutter: "wrong-wrong-wrong"] But I'm free, I'm free [glitch: "free-e-e-e"] My brain's a mess, what a test [pitch shift on "test"] But I'm alive in the canopy! [radar sweep] Wired wrong, but I belong [stutter vocal] In the trees, not a cage [nature sounds burst] They broke my mind But I left them behind— And now the rainforest is my stage! [tribal drums hit] [Breakdown - Tribal with lab sounds] [Glitch drops out] [Heavy tribal percussion] [Jungle ambience] [Lab equipment beeping underneath] (Spoken, less manic, more real) Sometimes... I remember the cage... The white walls... The needles... The charts they kept... [Lab sounds getting louder] [Electroshock sound effect] (Manic energy returns) BUT THEN I REMEMBER— I CAN FLY! I CAN SEE THE SKY! I CAN EAT BUGS THAT TASTE LIKE DREAMS! Or maybe dreams taste like bugs? I FORGET WHICH! [Verse 2 - Even faster, more chaotic] (Rapid-fire, stumbling over words) The humans think they're so smart With their machines and their science But they're cutting down the trees With chainsaws and defiance! I tried to warn them With my radar screams But all they hear is screeching From their polluting machines! Hexxus is rising From the smoke and the oil The forest is dying The humans just toil! (Pitch shifting rapidly) But maybe I'm crazy? Maybe it's just me? Maybe my brain damage Is making me see— (Normal, serious for one line) Things that are actually happening. [Bridge - Reflective, glitchy atmosphere] [Tempo slows] [Glitches sparse] [Jungle night sounds] [Lab equipment distant] (Sung, vulnerable) They took my navigation They scrambled my mind They studied my echolocation Left my memories behind But Crysta found me Didn't see a broken thing Just saw a bat Who wanted to sing (Building again) So even though my circuits spark And my thoughts come out strange I'm more than their experiment— I'm proof that things can change! [Final Drop - Maximum glitch chaos] [Every element combined] [Tribal drums pounding] [Glitches everywhere] [Nature sounds massive] [Lab sounds as percussion] [Radar sweeps manic] (Rapid sung/screamed) WIRED WRONG, WIRED WRONG! [stutter explosion] BUT I'M FREE, I'M FREE! [pitch bending wild] MY BRAIN'S A MESS, WHAT A TEST! [glitch cascade] BUT I'M ALIVE IN THE CANOPY! [tribal hit] (Spoken fast over chaos) "Fifty-seven electrodes—or was it five? Lab rats and mazes and barely alive! But now I'm flying and the trees are my home And my brain might be broken but I'm not alone!" [Glitch breakdown - everything stuttering] [Tribal drums solo] [Build back up] WIRED WRONG, BUT I BELONG! [vocal chops scattered] IN THE TREES, NOT A CAGE! [nature explosion] THEY BROKE MY MIND BUT I LEFT THEM BEHIND— AND NOW THE RAINFOREST IS MY STAGE! [Outro - Malfunction fade] [Glitches slowing down] [Tribal drums spacing out] [Jungle night sounds] [Radar blips sporadic] [Lab equipment powering down] (Spoken, tired but happy) "You know what? Being wired wrong... Isn't so bad... When you're wired... To be free..." [Final radar sweep] [Jungle bird call] [Electronic fade out] [Silence]
