[Intro - VHS hiss, dirty guitar riff, dark beat] [Male Vocals - rhythmic rap] Found it by the dumpster underneath a busted chair, old black VCR like somebody left it there, no remote, no manual, cable hanging loose, she says "Leave that shit." So naturally— I bring it upstairs. [Male Vocals - rhythmic rap] Set it by the TV, wipe the dust away, looks like it hasn't worked since 1988, no power cord anywhere inside the box, then the little red display comes on. 12:00. [Female Vocals - deadpan] Absolutely fucking not. [Female Vocals - rhythmic rap] He finds an old tape with no label on the side, pushes it in before I can ask why, screen turns blue, picture rolls twice, then there we are— sitting there live. [Female Vocals - tense rap] Same room. Same clothes. Same stupid stare. But the clock on the screen is ten minutes ahead. [Male Vocals - excited] Wait. We can see the future? [Female Vocals - shouted] THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT FROM THIS?! [Male + Female Vocals - heavy chorus] THE VCR IS HUNGRY! DON'T FEED THE MACHINE! IT'S TEN MINUTES AHEAD OF EVERYTHING WE SEE! THE VCR IS HUNGRY! DON'T TOUCH REWIND! IF THE TAPE KNOWS WHAT'S COMING— LEAVE THE FUCKING THING BEHIND! [Instrumental - distorted guitar, dark beat] [Male Vocals - rapid rap] Put a glass on the floor, tape shows me kicking it at two forty-four, wait ten minutes, swear that I won't, clock hits the second— kick it without thinking. [Male Vocals - excited rap] Holy shit! Lottery numbers! Sports! We could make bank! [Female Vocals - aggressive] You found a haunted VCR and immediately invented gambling?! [Male Vocals - quiet] ...yes. [Female Vocals - tense] Then the woman on the television stands. I don't. She walks out of frame. Nine minutes later I feel thirsty. [Female Vocals - quiet] I stand up. Just like the tape. [Heavy guitar hit] [Female Vocals - rapid rap] Kitchen. Water. Come back. Now something's crouched behind the couch on playback. Can't see a face. Long fucking fingers curling over the edge. [Female Vocals - shouted] TURN IT OFF! [Male Vocals - tense] Wait. Rewind it. [Female Vocals - screamed] WHY WOULD YOU FUCKING REWIND IT?! [Breakdown - heavy riff] [Male Vocals - rapid shout-rap] HIT THE BUTTON! PICTURE TEARS! ROOM ON THE SCREEN JUMPS BACK THREE YEARS! REWIND AGAIN! TEN YEARS GONE! SOME OTHER FAMILY'S GOT THE SAME TAPE ON! [Male Vocals - aggressive] Something moves through the static snow, screen bends inward and starts to glow, VCR shaking, pulling me close— [Male Vocals - shouted] OKAY! THAT WAS A FUCKING MISTAKE! [Female Vocals - rapid shout-rap] GRAB HIS SHIRT! GRAB THE TABLE! TV SCREEN MOVING LIKE THE FUCKING THING'S ALIVE! COUCH GOES FIRST! LAMP GOES NEXT! WHO THE FUCK BUILDS A POSSESSED VHS DECK?! [Male + Female Vocals - explosive chorus] THE VCR IS HUNGRY! DON'T FEED THE MACHINE! IT'S EATING THE ROOM THROUGH THE FUCKING TV SCREEN! THE VCR IS HUNGRY! DON'T TOUCH REWIND! WE WANTED TEN MINUTES— NOW IT WANTS ALL OUR FUCKING TIME! [Breakdown - crushing half-time riff] [Female Vocals - aggressive shout-rap] TABLE DISAPPEARS! HALF THE RUG! HE'S STILL HOLDING ON TO THE FUCKING PLUG! [Female Vocals - shouted] THERE IS NO PLUG! [Male Vocals - shouted] I KNOW! [Female Vocals - screamed] THEN WHY ARE YOU HOLDING IT?! [Male Vocals - shouted] I DON'T FUCKING KNOW! [Male Vocals - rapid rap] Tape starts screaming. Counter runs back. Eject won't work. Screen goes black. One stupid option left to try. [Male Vocals - quiet] Fast-forward. [Female Vocals - deadpan] That's your plan? [Male Vocals] Got a better one? [Female Vocals] Fuck it. [Male + Female Vocals - shouted] HIT IT! [Instrumental surge] [Female Vocals - rapid shout-rap] NUMBERS FLY! PICTURE BURNS! DAY! NIGHT! WHOLE ROOM TURNS! THING BY THE COUCH GETS SWALLOWED BY WHITE! [Male Vocals - rapid shout-rap] COUNTER STOPS! TAPE SPITS OUT! TV GOES DEAD! NO FUCKING SOUND! ROOM'S STILL HERE! MOSTLY INTACT! [Male Vocals - exhausted] We're never touching that again. [Female Vocals - exhausted] Agreed. [Female Vocals - quiet] Where's the couch? [Male Vocals - quiet] ...fuck. [Final Chorus - Male + Female Vocals] THE VCR IS HUNGRY! THROW IT AWAY! DON'T WATCH TOMORROW! JUST LIVE THROUGH TODAY! THE VCR IS HUNGRY! WE LEARNED THAT TONIGHT! [Female Vocals - shouted] AND STOP BRINGING HAUNTED SHIT HOME! [Male Vocals - shouted] IT LOOKED FUCKING FINE! [Outro - VHS hiss] [Female Vocals - deadpan] We're getting rid of it. [Male Vocals] Obviously. [Female Vocals] Now. [Male Vocals - hesitant] Can we check the lottery numbers first? [Female Vocals - screamed] NO!
