[intro] [Pop Indie psychodelic funk] [soft echo] Flat Eighty-Six... [Drop] [Verse 1] Curtains black Call it a prison But you drew the line Kissed the duct tape Kissed the tape... [Pre-Chorus] Pulled it tight Pulled it twice That’s your design (That’s your design) [Chorus] Why you stay in prison When the lock’s one blind eye? Why you stay in prison Ain’t you had enough? Why you stay in prison When all good things gone [beatbox interlude – short groove, 4 bars] [Verse 2] Nice reporter girl on the blue screen... Buzz and snow Freedom rots Where the dreams went numb [Pre-Chorus] Drew a body Out of spit and Blu Tack Swore at the ceiling Wished it dead (Wished it dead...) [Chorus – faster, heavier] Why you love your prison When the bars are bone? Why you love your prison Ain’t you had enough? Why you love your prison When all good things gone [ABRUPT STOP – total silence, 2 beats] [Drop – spoken rhythm] Knocks don’t wait No bell in sight Plague at dawn Debt at night Cuts the skin Stamps the fate Doesn’t care Locks the gate [Break – whispered chant builds up] Time’s your grave Clock won’t lie No breath to save Why you stay... Why you stay... [repeat, rising tension] [Final Chorus] Why you stay in prison When the lock’s one blind eye? Why you stay in prison Ain’t you had enough? Why you stay in prison When all good things gone [outro – distorted vocal, fading out] Flat Eighty-Six... [silence]
