[Intro — low pulse, almost spoken] Bitcoin is on a need-to-know basis. You don’t need to know? You won’t know. You don’t feel the problem? You won’t look. [Pause] Bitcoin is on a need-to-know basis. ⸻ [Verse 1] People have to need it. They have to feel like they need it. Feel like they need it. Feel like they need it. Because if nothing is broken, Why look for another way? If the walls are still standing, Why question what they say? If the money still works, If the paycheck still clears, If tomorrow looks exactly Like the last twenty years— Why would you listen? Why would you care? Why would you look For an exit… If you don’t know You’re trapped in there? ⸻ [Chorus] BITCOIN IS ON A NEED-TO-KNOW BASIS! Need to know. Need to know. You won’t see the answer Till the problem starts to show. BITCOIN IS ON A NEED-TO-KNOW BASIS! Feel the need. Feel the need. You can put the truth In front of someone— But you cannot make them see. ⸻ [Verse 2] If they have a problem, Maybe the mind opens. If they feel the pressure, Maybe the frame breaks. If the old explanation No longer explains— Maybe they start asking Who designed the game. But if they don’t acknowledge That they have a problem… They don’t have an open mind. They don’t have an open mind. [Echo] Open mind… Open mind… ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] You cannot teach an answer To someone with no question. You cannot show an exit To someone who sees no cage. You cannot bring a paradigm To someone still defending The very thing That made the paradigm change. ⸻ [Chorus] BITCOIN IS ON A NEED-TO-KNOW BASIS! Need to know. Need to know. You won’t see the answer Till the problem starts to show. BITCOIN IS ON A NEED-TO-KNOW BASIS! Feel the need. Feel the need. You can put the truth In front of someone— But you cannot make them see. ⸻ [Verse 3 — mechanical, building] Strong corporate view. Healthy company. Strong conviction. Everything is fine. Quarter after quarter. Line after line. The system made me wealthy— Why would I question mine? They take a conventional view Toward a conventional world. They trust the old machine Because the old machine worked. They don’t have an open mind. They don’t have an open mind. They don’t have an open mind… To a profound paradigm shift. ⸻ [Breakdown — heavy repetition] THEY DON’T WANT TO EMBRACE THAT IDEA! THEY DON’T WANT TO EMBRACE THAT IDEA! THEY DON’T WANT TO EMBRACE THAT IDEA! They don’t have an open mind. THEY DON’T WANT TO EMBRACE THAT IDEA! Because the new world sounds insane… Until the old world stops working. [Silence] Then suddenly— They need to know. ⸻ [Bridge — stripped down, spoken] Maybe you don’t need Bitcoin. Maybe your bank works. Maybe your currency works. Maybe your company works. Maybe your government works. Maybe your savings feel safe. Maybe the rules feel permanent. Maybe the future looks… reasonable. [Long pause] Then one day… Something doesn’t. [Low pulse begins] A bank closes. A currency falls. A payment stops. A border closes. A rule changes. A lifetime of savings buys half of what it did. [Pause] And for the first time… you don’t laugh. [Whisper] You need to know. ⸻ [Final Chorus — enormous] BITCOIN IS ON A NEED-TO-KNOW BASIS! Need to know! Need to know! First comes the problem— THEN THE MIND OPENS! BITCOIN IS ON A NEED-TO-KNOW BASIS! Need to know! Need to know! You cannot force the future Into someone comfortable! BITCOIN IS ON A NEED-TO-KNOW BASIS! Feel the need! Feel the need! The answer can be waiting For a hundred years— But no one looks Until they bleed. ⸻ [Everything cuts] You cannot teach an answer to someone with no question. [Pause] Bitcoin is on a need-to-know basis. [Long silence] And someday… you may need to know. ⸻ [Outro — distant, repeating] Need to know… Need to know… Feel like they need it… Feel like they need it… Feel like they need it… [Whisper] To a profound… paradigm shift.
