Penelope The Broken Music Box

[Intro] (Detuned antique music box lullaby loop with intentional skip and vinyl crackle) Tink... tink... (skip)... tink... Shhh... she remembers... [Chorus] Penelope on the shelf, porcelain with a crack in the chest Lock of hair inside that never got to rest Freeman made you from love, they took you from hate Music box broke but you still keep the faith Penelope don't sleep, Penelope don't cry Tink, skip, tink — she remembers it all Say good morning, or hear her down the hall [Verse 1] Freedman with calloused hands, beneath a faded hat Lost his little girl, couldn't keep her close like that So he saved a lock of hair, what he loved the most Tucked it in a china doll, stitched with prayer and ghost Put a music box inside, so the song's still there Not a toy, not a trinket, not for sale at the fair That was his daughter's heartbeat when he had nothin' left Deep in the Memphis mud, surviving through the theft [Chorus] Penelope on the shelf, porcelain with a crack in the chest Lock of hair inside that never got to rest Freeman made you from love, they took you from hate Music box broke but you still keep the faith Penelope don't sleep, Penelope don't cry Tink, skip, tink — she remembers it all Say good morning, or hear her down the hall [Outro] (Soft child humming over heavy 808 sub bass and skipping music box loop) Tink... skip... tink... She remembers for us... so we don't have to...