[Intro – spoken / impatient] This is the last song. The last one I can write for XENDRAKAN. I think. Maybe. [Verse 1 – fast, bouncy, tongue-twisting] Is he sleeping late or waking early? Coffee cold or mind still curly? Did he have a toy, a broken joy, A plastic thing that made him holy? Did he smile once in kindergarten? Did he lose a face that left him hardened? One damn picture makes him furious, One damn memory makes him silent. Circles? Squares? Lines? Stairs? Tell me now — WHO CARES? [Pre-Chorus – build] Last song. Sixth track. Two A.M. No sleep back. [Chorus – shouted, stupidly catchy] WHO IS THIS STRANGE XENDRAKAN? Say it fast, say it slow! WHO IS THIS STRANGE XENDRAKAN? Does he even strange-ing know? WHO IS THIS STRANGE XENDRAKAN? He wants my life, he wants me dead! WHO IS THIS STRANGE XENDRAKAN? Eight A.M. — I’m wrecked in the head! [Verse 2 – even faster, absurd details] What does he feed his stupid dog? Vegan bites or meat from God? Does he like cats? Does he hate bugs? Does he alphabetize his mugs? Stapler hidden in a drawer? Or centered like a sacred law? Paperclips or Post-it notes? Color-coded mental jokes? Does he clean his mails to save the Earth? Or let them rot to prove his worth? Who does he work for? Who not ever? Who would he betray? Who never? [Break – sudden stop / whispered] Only questions. Only noise. No answers. No choice. [Chorus – again, louder, dumber] WHO IS THIS STRANGE XENDRAKAN? Name that bites but has no face! WHO IS THIS STRANGE XENDRAKAN? Office god of endless pace! WHO IS THIS STRANGE XENDRAKAN? Six cover titles, one damn post! WHO IS THIS STRANGE XENDRAKAN? He wants my soul, he wants it most! [Bridge – slower, mock-philosophical] Maybe he’s not human. Maybe not alive. Maybe just a pattern That learned how to survive. A question wearing trousers, A job without a form, A thought that pays the rent While I decay at dawn. [Final Chorus – chaotic, looping] WHO IS THIS STRANGE XENDRAKAN? (who-who-who?) WHO IS THIS STRANGE XENDRAKAN? (none-none-none!) WHO IS THIS STRANGE XENDRAKAN? Maybe me! Maybe you! WHO IS THIS STRANGE XENDRAKAN? Maybe not… Maybe… not. [Outro – spoken, exhausted] Maybe XENDRAKAN isn’t.
