[Intro] (Spoken low and gravelly, over a busted upright piano and wheezing accordion, distant traffic hum and broken neon buzzing) Well... she come down the wire again... Half woman, half scrapyard queen... Smellin’ like ozone and cheap perfume... [Verse 1] She got blue hair hangin’ like live power lines in the rain Spine full of blue teeth clickin’ when she moves that frame White lace panties and a chassis that’s seen better days But Lord, the way she leans back on that megablock haze Screens fallin’ like dead birds around her dirty angel feet She look over her shoulder and the whole damn city starts to overheat [Chorus] She’s my chrome widow, baby, my favorite system crash Got an error in her ribcage and lightning in her ass I plug into that sorrow, let the voltage run me through She’s broken in all the right places, and I’m broken too [Verse 2] Out in the desert she’s crawlin’ on her knees in rose-gold skin Big shiny mouse ears reflectin’ where the bad moon’s been Helmet like a mirror full of dead satellites and sin She got that copper stare that says “come closer, let the trouble begin” Then there’s the little glitch girl, pink and blue and fallin’ apart Exposed wires dancin’ where she used to have a heart [Bridge] (Spoken, half-sung, slower, like a drunk confession) Military grade in the back alley, scarf over the mouth Black as the oil they pump from the veins of the south She’ll cut you clean, then ask real sweet if you still wanna play These ain’t women no more, son... These are what’s left when the music goes away... [Chorus (Growled)] She’s my chrome widow, my beautiful malfunction Got a short circuit soul and a radioactive junction I kiss that exposed wiring, taste the burnt sugar spark Love me till the mainframe dies, love me in the dark [Outro] (Beat falls apart into clanging metal, distant sirens, lone busted guitar) Flicker on... flicker off... She’s never really gone... Just waitin’ in the static, hummin’ low and wrong... Chrome widow... Take me home... One more crash before the dawn... (Last line whispered, almost gone) Error 404... my heart... not found.
