NIGHT MACHINE [INTRO] [telephone hiss, single distorted synth pulse, metal scrape moving left-right] [whisper] Turn it on. [robotic] NIGHT MACHINE. [deep breath] Turn it on. [metal hit] Turn it— [beat slams in] ⸻ [VERSE 1] [dirty sequencer, dry kick, bass guitar clipping] Black glass White teeth Cold hands Underneath Street light Bad dream You look clean [robotic] NOT CLEAN. You look clean [whisper] Not clean. Chrome mouth Cheap heat Your shadow Following me Step left Step right Something wrong Feels right ⸻ [PRE-CHORUS] [heartbeat toms, saxophone squeal far away] Don’t touch Touch Don’t move Move Don’t look Look Don’t— [hard silence] [whisper] Stop pretending. ⸻ [CHORUS] [huge mechanical drums, blown synth bass, screaming sax stabs] NIGHT MACHINE NIGHT MACHINE NIGHT NIGHT NIGHT MACHINE Turn me on Turn me off Turn me on DON’T STOP NIGHT MACHINE NIGHT MACHINE Blackout eyes Automatic Automatic AUTOMATIC [robotic stack] NO CONTROL NO CONTROL NO CONTROL [falsetto] Good. ⸻ [POST-CHORUS] [chopped breathing becomes percussion] Click Click Click Click [metal clang] Again. Click Click Click Click [whisper] Again. ⸻ [VERSE 2] [bass gets uglier, drums slightly faster] Bad signal Good clothes Everybody knows Nobody knows Hotel light Bathroom door One more One more ONE MORE Mirror cracked Lipstick gone Something here Still turned on [robotic] SYSTEM ACTIVE. [whisper] Obviously. ⸻ [CHORUS] [saxophone now screaming over distorted guitars] NIGHT MACHINE NIGHT MACHINE NIGHT NIGHT NIGHT MACHINE Turn me on Turn me off Turn me on DON’T STOP Automatic Automatic AUTOMATIC Wrong room Right night Wrong wrong wrong Feels right ⸻ [BREAKDOWN] [sub-bass only, electrical hum] Who started it? [robotic] UNKNOWN. Who wants it? UNKNOWN. Who stopped it? [long pause] Nobody. [metal impact] NOBODY NOBODY NOBODY [tempo begins subtly accelerating] ⸻ [BUILD] [each line gets different processing] [telephone] Night machine. [whisper] Night machine. [vocoder] NIGHT MACHINE. [octave-down] NIGHT MACHINE. [falsetto] Night machine. [bitcrushed] N-N-N-NIGHT MACHINE. [sax blast] Turn it up. [guitar feedback] Turn it up. [industrial percussion] TURN IT UP. [everything clipping] TOO MUCH TOO MUCH TOO MUCH [robotic] MORE. ⸻ [FINAL CHORUS] [full wall of percussion, sax, feedback, synth alarms] NIGHT MACHINE NIGHT MACHINE NIGHT MACHINE NIGHT MACHINE TURN ME ON TURN ME OFF TURN ME ON DON’T STOP BLACK GLASS WHITE TEETH BAD SIGNAL UNDERNEATH AUTOMATIC AUTOMATIC AUTOMATIC AUTOMATIC [gang vocal] NO CONTROL NO CONTROL NO CONTROL NO CONTROL [everything abruptly cuts] [three seconds silence] [close whisper] Turn it back on. [single synth pulse] [robotic] ALREADY ON. [click]
