[UPRIGHT BASS — 3 NOTES] [RATCHET — CLICK] [LES PAUL BEND] [SHAMISEN ANSWERS] [SUB DROPS] [CONTROL — VERSE 1] Look at you. Built something out of nothing, Now everybody knows. Turned a whisper to a signal, Turned a signal into gold. I know what you tell 'em— "Keep your hands upon the wheel." Cute. Everybody has a number. Mine just makes it feel Like a deal. I got rooms you haven't walked in, Doors you haven't tried. Put your name above the entrance, Put the whole world on your side. You can keep your little principles. I'll make sure you never fail. Just tell me what you want. [STARSEED] I'm not for sale. [CHORUS — BOTH] [CONTROL] NAME YOUR PRICE. [STARSEED] I'M NOT FOR SALE. [CONTROL] Everybody's got one. [STARSEED] Then you're gonna fail. [BOTH] NAME YOUR PRICE. NAME YOUR PRICE. [CONTROL] I can give you everything. [STARSEED] You can give me the world— I'M NOT FOR SALE. [RATCHET — CLICK CLICK] [STARSEED — VERSE 2] You brought money? I know money. It's a tool, not a throne. Brought attention? Seen a crowd Make a person less known. Brought power? Power's weight. Better know what you can lift. Brought certainty? That's expensive. Truth don't come wrapped like a gift. See, I learned down in Bay Two: If the part don't fit, don't force it. If the contract needs my center, I don't care who endorsed it. You keep showing me possessions Like possession is the grail. You ain't hearing me. I'm not for sale. [CHORUS — BOTH] NAME YOUR PRICE. I'M NOT FOR SALE. Everybody's got one. Then you're gonna fail. NAME YOUR PRICE. NAME YOUR PRICE. [CONTROL] Sooner or later everybody— [STARSEED] Not everybody. [BOTH] NAME YOUR PRICE. [LES PAUL RIFF] [CONTROL — VERSE 3] All right. Forget the money. How about reach? A million people waiting Every time you choose to speak. How about legacy? Your work surviving you. How about every locked-up dream Finally coming true? Still nothing? Fine. Let's stop pretending I don't know your heart. What if I could bring back What distance pulled apart? What if what you miss Was waiting Right behind this veil? There. You felt that. [BEAT CUT] Found your price. [STARSEED] You found what I love. That isn't the same thing. [SUB] [STARSEED — VERSE 4] That's your mistake. You think loving something deeply Means I'll put it in a cage. Think because I want the ending I'll surrender every page. I can miss without pursuing. I can love and leave it free. I can want somebody near me Without bargaining with me. I can build without applause. I can lose without collapse. I can listen to intuition Then go back and check the facts. You keep looking for the weakness Where desire tips the scale. But wanting something badly Doesn't mean I'm for sale. [CHORUS — BOTH] NAME YOUR PRICE. I'M NOT FOR SALE. Everybody's got one. Then you're gonna fail. NAME YOUR PRICE. NAME YOUR PRICE. [CONTROL] Everything you ever wanted— [STARSEED] Still doesn't buy me. [BOTH] NAME YOUR PRICE. [BRIDGE — UPRIGHT BASS ONLY] [CONTROL] Money. [STARSEED] Tool. [CONTROL] Fame. [STARSEED] Noise. [CONTROL] Power. [STARSEED] Choice. [CONTROL] Certainty. [STARSEED] Question. [CONTROL] Destiny. [STARSEED] Test it. [RATCHET ACCELERATES] [CONTROL] Comfort. [STARSEED] Temporary. [CONTROL] Status. [STARSEED] Imaginary. [CONTROL] Fear. [STARSEED] I know him. [CONTROL] Worry. [STARSEED] Gave him work. [CONTROL] Anxiety. [STARSEED] Let her speak. [CONTROL] Anger. [STARSEED] Guards the door. [CONTROL] Shadow. [Silence] [SHADOW] Wrong room. [DRUMS ENTER] [CONTROL] LOVE! [STARSEED] DON'T OWN IT! [CONTROL] WEALTH! [STARSEED] BUILD SLOW! [CONTROL] POWER! [STARSEED] HOLD LIGHT! [CONTROL] FUTURE! [STARSEED] DON'T KNOW! [CONTROL] THEN WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT?! [EVERYTHING STOPS] [STARSEED] You know. [RATCHET — CLICK] Freedom. [SUB — WHUM] [CONTROL] Freedom gets lonely. [STARSEED] So does control. [CONTROL] Freedom costs everything. [STARSEED] Then I know my price. [CONTROL] You just said— [STARSEED] Exactly. My price Isn't what you'll pay me. It's what I won't sell. [MASSIVE GROOVE RETURNS] [FINAL CHORUS — BOTH] NAME YOUR PRICE! I'M NOT FOR SALE! Everybody's got one— THEN YOU'RE GONNA FAIL! NAME YOUR PRICE! NAME YOUR PRICE! [CONTROL] I CAN GIVE YOU EVERYTHING! [STARSEED] THEN GIVE ME WHAT YOU CAN'T BUY! [BOTH] NAME YOUR PRICE! [STARSEED] My mind. My time. My love. My doubt. My hands. My voice. My way out. You can offer the crown. You can open the gates. But you don't get me In exchange. [CONTROL] Everybody breaks. [STARSEED] Maybe. [CONTROL] Everybody bends. [STARSEED] Sure. [CONTROL] Then why won't you? [STARSEED] I do. [BEAT CUT] I just choose What I bend toward. [UPRIGHT BASS — 3 NOTES] [RATCHET — CLICK] [CONTROL] Starseed. [STARSEED] Yeah? [CONTROL] This isn't over. [LES PAUL BEND] [STARSEED] I know. [SHAMISEN ANSWERS] That's why I kept the receipt. [SUB HIT] [END]
