Administrator - Rendrix

[Intro — low spoken tenor] Joe Chip... You keep noticing the seams. And that blasted girlfriend of yours keeps touching my clock. You should know by now— I own the rollback. [Verse 1] Joe sees cracks where the walls decay Yesterday bleeding into today Old coins change and the dead still call Runciter flickers behind it all You spray your answer into the air Like one little can can keep me there But this isn’t half-life, this isn’t a dream You’re moving around inside my machine [Pre-Chorus] Pat turns time— I restore the frame She moves the pieces— I rename the game [Chorus] I’M THE ADMINISTRATOR I write the world beneath your feet Every glitch, every door, every street Answers when I speak Joe Chip, bring your remedy Pat can tear through history But every world you run into Loads because I tell it to [Verse 2] Pat cuts seconds out of the line Moves you somewhere I didn’t design Do it again, I’ll follow the change Every new past stays in my range I see the branch, I see the save Every false world you thought you made You call it freedom when the timeline bends I call it unauthorized edits [Chorus] I’M THE ADMINISTRATOR I write the world beneath your feet Every glitch, every door, every street Answers when I speak Joe Chip, bring your remedy Pat can tear through history But every world you run into Loads because I tell it to [Bridge — stripped, unstable electronics] 1939? Reload it. Half-life? Override it. Ubik in your hand? Change the label. You keep asking which world is real. Wrong question. [Final Chorus — furious] I’M THE ADMINISTRATOR No more running through my code I’ll close every branch you open Every path and every road Joe Chip, you and your blasted girl Keep trying to rewrite my world So twist the clock and change the scene— I’ll be waiting in between [Outro — whispered] Turn it back again. Go ahead. The simulation answers to me.