[Instrumental] (dry electro-bass rhythm, deep 808 sub, short cold synth motif, no vocals) [Intro] Rental shoes Size seven Red ball Too heavy Blue one Better [Verse 1] My name is wrong On the screen One letter missing I leave it Someone orders fries For the whole table There’s salt On the score sheet First frame Seven Then gutter Second frame Worse The ball comes back With a fresh black mark I wipe it On the towel Nobody else does [Chorus] Frame eight Still no strike Pins come down Lights come back Frame eight I know the walk Pick it up Line it up Send it badly Watch it anyway [Instrumental] (bouncing sub pattern, clipped clap, sparse electro synth sequence) [Verse 2] Two lanes over A kid in silver shoes Throws underhand Strike Doesn’t even watch My friend beside me Has stopped keeping score In her head Good There’s one slice left Cold now I eat it standing up Next turn Nine pins The last one All the way left I change balls For no reason [Chorus Variation] Frame eight Still no strike Pins come down Lights come back Frame eight Same little walk Pick it up Line it up Almost straight Close enough [Break] (drums thin to kick, clap and sub; scoreboard glow, sparse synth pulses) [Scoreboard Section] My turn again The screen flashes A cartoon explosion For somebody else I wait Ball return Blue one Three fingers One step Two Let go [Final Chorus] Frame eight Not quite a strike Nine go down One stays up Frame eight Everybody cheers Like it counted I turn around Take the last fry That counts [Outro] (deep 808 decay, dry clap, short digital tone)
