Verse 1 - The Stack Level 5 smells like summer gone wrong Sweet smoke humming all night long Big steel doors, low orange glow Menu board says WE USE IT ALL, YOU KNOW * intercom, cheerful: Welcome to Reclamation! Waste not, want not! * Verse 2 - The Pit Long grills, no fire, just heat and steam White coats flipping what used to dream Tongs and hooks and aprons white Protein reclaimed under buzzing light They call it a barbecue, call it a feast Call the smoke incense for the beast * whisper left: don't breathe it... * * whisper right: ...it knows you * Pre-Chorus - The Line Conveyor crawling, slow and wide What comes out the other side Isn't ash, isn't meat, isn't clean It's something grey they call protein Chorus - Smoke Sing Crematory on Level 5 Where nothing ever really dies Smoke goes up, smoke comes down Smoke’s the hall, smokes the ground. Crematory on Level 5 * intercom choir: Reduce! Reuse! Reborn! * Verse 3 - The Staff Party White masks fanning the sick-sweet air Toasting with clipboards, like a county fair Look how efficient! Look how pure! A closed loop needs a closed cure! One stirs the pit, one says grace One just smiles behind the face * staff intercom, too calm: Combustion is a kind of baptism. * Bridge - BRAINWASH INTERCOM *Shhhh. You thought we wasted?* *We swore an oath. We honor it.* *We let nothing suffer twice.* *We turn suffering into supper.* *The Smoke eats itself, so it never has to die.* * tiny whispers in the smoke: we went up... we came down... we're in the walls now * Breakdown - The Vent Ventilation humming, thick and low Carries that smoke everywhere below Down to Six, down to Four Ice cream, dinner, and something more No escape in the smoke No end in the chain Just ash on ash In holy pain Outro - Doors Closing So eat your scoop, enjoy the bite Level 5 is working through the night A blazing light paints the hall Feeding all... ...to feed it all. [final whisper right on mic]. Don't worry. You're on the menu either way. *
