[Intro – arcade boot sequence, bright square-wave arpeggio, cheerful human whistling doubling a cute four-note melody] [SFX – coin drop, start-button click, health bar filling] [Bitcrushed drum count-in] [Character voice – cute, cheerful adult male, close-mic, playfully sinister] Hi! I’m Benny Byte. But you can call me Ben. Everybody does. Before I kill them. [Phase one – full 8-bit punk band crashes in, frantic tempo, distorted chip-guitar riff] [Verse 1 – rapid male punk shout, bouncy chip bass, whistled melody answering between lines] Yellow shoes jacket pink three little lives try not to blink Big round eyes one chipped tooth I’ll kick the shit right out of you Drop in a quarter choose your blade every hero gets erased You know my pattern you know when I swing you think that makes you king of the fucking machine [Pre-Chorus – rising arcade arpeggio, faster drums, health-bar warning bleeps] [Chorus – huge playful gang chant, bright chiptune hook, raw punk guitars] Benny Byte Benny Byte smiles all day and fights all night Benny Byte Benny Byte three hearts left so hold on tight Beat the boss take your shot show Benny everything you’ve got Benny Byte Benny Byte welcome to your final fight [Instrumental boss battle – manic 8-bit guitar solo, cheerful whistling, coin bleeps, rapid health-bar alarms] [Final attack – accelerating drums, repeated chip riff, increasingly frantic game sounds] One final hit my bar runs dry the screen goes white I close one eye [Hard stop] [SFX – pixel explosion, cheap arcade victory fanfare] [Arcade announcer – bright synthetic voice] Congratulations, Player One. You have defeated Benny Byte. [Benny – sweet, slightly breathless] Aww. Good game! [False ending – cheerful whistling alone, arcade cabinet powering down] [Long pause] [Benny – quiet voice from inside the machine] Just one question. Where’d you park? [SFX – electrical surge, CRT glass cracking, screen exploding outward] [Second health bar – tempo jumps, heavier bitcrushed drums, distorted square waves and raw punk guitars erupt together] [Verse 2 – aggressive male shout, cocky laughter between lines, car alarm joining the rhythm] I kick through the glass land on my feet follow your victory lap out to the street Pink jacket torn grin still bright Benny is back for another fight Car alarm keeping time busted lip broken sign You crack my tooth I spit it out now that’s what round two’s about [Chorus – massive gang vocals, stomping chip-punk rhythm, arcade melody played twice as fast] Boss fight in the parking lot Benny’s back ready or not Boss fight in the parking lot sweet little bastard hard to stop No reset no second shot no screen left to hide behind Boss fight in the parking lot Benny gets another life [Instrumental fight sequence – comic-book impacts, shopping-cart crash, squealing chip lead, frantic whistle melody] [Bridge – half-time drums, primitive gang chant, each line answered by arcade bleeps] New health bar Full again Everybody Say hi to Ben No reset No way out This is what round two’s about [Breakdown – drums and bass stop, distorted arcade hum remains] [Benny – close-mic, laughing, openly taunting] What’s wrong, Player One? Hands work better on buttons? [Final attack – fastest tempo, overloaded chip riff, live drums collapsing into chaos] [Final Chorus – lead vocal and gang shouting over each other] Boss fight in the parking lot come on, motherfucker show me what you’ve got Boss fight in the parking lot one of us is going down Benny Byte Benny Byte still smiling at the end of the night You beat me once behind the glass Come fucking beat me now [Outro – abrupt band stop, distant car alarm, arcade shutdown tone] [Cheerful whistling returns alone, perfectly innocent] [SFX – one coin dropping into the return slot]
