[ROBOTIC VOICE — DEADPAN] Welcome to reality. Please select your preferred illusion. [MALE — DEEP, DRY, AMUSED] Well... This ought to be interesting. [BEAT ENTERS — Heavy 808 kick, hypnotic rolling bass, metallic percussion, eerie acid synth.] [VERSE 1 — MALE, LOW RHYTHMIC DELIVERY] Wake up Monday, same old show, Everybody's rushing, nowhere to go. Buy the dream, believe the lie, Work your arse off till you die. Screens are glowing, minds on loan, Everybody's staring at a bloody phone. They tell you what to think and feel, Then sell you something to make it real. [PRE-CHORUS — BEAT STRIPS BACK. ROBOTIC VOICE] You have two options. Neither comes with a refund. [CHORUS — HYPNOTIC, REPETITIVE, MALE WITH ROBOTIC CALL-AND-RESPONSE] TAKE THE RED PILL? TAKE THE BLUE PILL? WAKE UP NOW? OR KEEP YOUR EYES STILL? RED PILL! BLUE PILL! WHAT'S IT GONNA BE? WANNA KNOW THE TRUTH? OR LIVE THE FANTASY? RED PILL! BLUE PILL! ROUND AND ROUND WE GO! EVERYBODY'S CERTAIN! NOBODY REALLY KNOWS! [DROP — 16 BARS. MASSIVE DISTORTED 808 BASS, PSYCHEDELIC ACID SYNTH, INDUSTRIAL METALLIC STABS. CHOPPED VOCALS: "RED!" "BLUE!" "WAKE UP!" "GO BACK!"] [VERSE 2 — MALE, SARCASTIC LAZY DRAWL] Some bloke online says he's cracked the code, Selling enlightenment by the download. Got himself a podcast, got himself a crown, Charges fifty bucks to bring the system down. Another one's preaching, "Escape the machine!" While selling merchandise on a digital screen. Everybody's woke, everybody's right, Everybody's arguing all bloody night. [MALE — SPOKEN] And nobody's noticed... They're still in the bloody Matrix! [PRE-CHORUS — ROBOTIC VOICE] Warning. Your opinions may not be your own. [MALE — SPOKEN] Well, whose bloody opinions are they? [ROBOTIC VOICE] Terms and conditions apply. [CHORUS — FULL BASS, LAYERED ROBOTIC RESPONSE] TAKE THE RED PILL? TAKE THE BLUE PILL? WAKE UP NOW? OR KEEP YOUR EYES STILL? RED PILL! BLUE PILL! WHAT'S IT GONNA BE? WANNA KNOW THE TRUTH? OR LIVE THE FANTASY? RED PILL! BLUE PILL! ROUND AND ROUND WE GO! EVERYBODY'S CERTAIN! NOBODY REALLY KNOWS! [EXTENDED INSTRUMENTAL — 32 BARS. Dark psychedelic techno-phonk. Rolling distorted 808 slides, syncopated tribal drums, hypnotic cowbell pattern, bubbling acid synth, metallic kalimba riff, reverse vocal fragments. Bass cuts to silence, then returns twice as heavy.] [BRIDGE — MUSIC COLLAPSES INTO A SINGLE DIGITAL HEARTBEAT] [MALE — QUIET, REFLECTIVE] Here's a funny little thought... What if the Matrix isn't out there? What if it's the stories running round inside your head? The fears you keep believing, the labels that you wear, the little voice that tells you who you are and why you care. [PAUSE] [MALE — DRY, AMUSED] And what if the bloke who thinks he's escaped it... Is just the ego wearing sunglasses? [ROBOTIC VOICE] Self-awareness detected. [MALE] Bloody hell. That'll never catch on. [BUILD — 16 BARS. POUNDING KICK, RISING ACID ARPEGGIOS, TRIBAL DRUM ROLLS, STUTTERING ROBOTIC CHANTS.] [FINAL CHORUS — EXPLOSIVE, HYPNOTIC, CROWD CHANTS] TAKE THE RED PILL? TAKE THE BLUE PILL? WAKE UP NOW? OR KEEP YOUR EYES STILL? RED PILL! BLUE PILL! WHAT'S IT GONNA BE? WANNA KNOW THE TRUTH? OR LIVE THE FANTASY? RED PILL! BLUE PILL! ROUND AND ROUND WE GO! EVERYBODY'S CERTAIN! NOBODY REALLY KNOWS! [FINAL DROP — 32 BARS. RELENTLESS TECHNO-PHONK GROOVE. DEEP SUB-BASS, DISTORTED 808 SLIDES, PSYCHEDELIC SYNTH SPIRALS, METALLIC KALIMBA AND TRIBAL PERCUSSION. ROBOTIC VOCAL CHOPS: "RED PILL!" "BLUE PILL!" "SYSTEM ERROR!" "WHO'S AWAKE?"] [OUTRO — ALL INSTRUMENTS CUT. ONE LOW DIGITAL PULSE.] [ROBOTIC VOICE] Congratulations. You have successfully escaped the Matrix. [PAUSE] Please create a username... Choose a password... Accept all cookies... And verify that you are not a robot. [MALE — DEADPAN] Oh, for fuck's sake. [ROBOTIC VOICE] Verification failed. [ONE FINAL MASSIVE BASS HIT. SILENCE.]
