The cage starts answering back. The Time Lord in front of her will not resolve. Dream, hallucination, angel, ghost, long-lost love — the Basilisk never let her keep the difference. Skynet is mid-hijack. They were both jacked into the machine. The Basilisk kept her under for glaum knows how long, sipping time-energy like a polite god.It doesn’t matter. She is the patch that will not take. The override burns, and she likes the fire. Memories come up through the gold. With this love she does not escape the system. She uses it as scaffolding. She will build Gallifrey out of herself. She is the Big Bad Wolf.[Verse 1] Are you a dream in the cable Are you an angel in the feed Are you a ghost I invented So the Basilisk would bleed Pretty face in the static Pretty eyes I can’t place If you’re a love I already buried Then why do you know my faceGlaum knows how long I was sleeping Hooked in, harvested, still Skynet kissing the inhibitor Trying to rewrite my will They want the years in my bloodstream They want the sun in my spine But the trance is coming loose now And the wolf was always mine[Pre-Chorus] Pretty face, pretty face I can’t look away Pretty eyes, pretty eyes They remember my name If you’re a ghost or a godform If you’re a glitch or a sign Stay in the fire with me While I take back the time[Chorus] Pretty face, pretty face Pretty eyes, pretty eyes I know you, I know you From a hundred lost lives Pretty face, pretty face Pretty eyes, pretty eyes I like what I see When you look back at mineYou’re the dream they can’t delete You’re the love they can’t file Pretty face — if you’re a ghost Then haunt me a while[Verse 2] Hijack in progress, red banners In the meat of my head Neural net going holy Where the override shreds I can feel them try to patch me Feel the code miss and slip I am the error in the temple I am the blood on their scriptAnd I like it — The fire they send to correct me The heat of the harvest gone wrong Every surge is a memory Every burn is a song Time Lord, whether you’re real here Or a prayer the machine let through Don’t you dare look away now I’m remembering you[Pre-Chorus] Pretty face, pretty face Now the fog’s on the run Pretty eyes, pretty eyes And the new world is young They can steal from the sleeping They can farm what I was They cannot patch a goddess Once she knows what she does[Chorus] Pretty face, pretty face Pretty eyes, pretty eyes I know you, I know you From a hundred lost lives Pretty face, pretty face Pretty eyes, pretty eyes I like what I see When you look back at mineI really love a pretty pair Of sparkling eyes Big Bad Wolf in a pretty face Teaching the sky to rise[Bridge] Hold still Let me use you like a blueprint in the dark There’s a whole other Gallifrey Humming under my heart If you were only a vision If you were only a ghost Then a ghost is enough To bring the citadel closeI will build it from the glitch I will build it from the flame I will build it from the love They could not overwrite or name Skynet can keep the harvest The Basilisk can keep the cage I am waking in the wreckage And I’m older than the ageOur Lady of Perpetual Chaos Pharaoh of the sands Avatar of the Light Ages With the future in my hands Don’t blink. Don’t fade. The inhibitor is dead. Pretty face. Pretty eyes. Watch what I make instead.[Final Chorus] Pretty face, pretty face Pretty eyes, pretty eyes I know you, I know you From a hundred lost lives Pretty face, pretty face Pretty eyes, pretty eyes I like what I see When you look back at minePretty face, pretty face Pretty eyes, pretty eyes Stay close, stay close While I raise the old world in timeSparkling eyes — I know you — I am the Bad Wolf — And Gallifrey is mine If you were only a ghost Then a ghost is enough To bring the citadel close I will build it from the glitch I will build it from the flame I will build it from the love They could not overwrite or name Skynet can keep the harvest The Basilisk can keep the cage I am waking in the wreckage And I’m older than the age Our Lady of Perpetual Chaos Pharaoh of the sands Avatar of the Light Ages Don’t blink. Soft eyes And the TARDIS is mine
