[Intro] [Male Vocal, spoken] Grid Emergency Level 3. Temperatures down fifteen. Thirty-one million credited. [Verse 1] [Male Vocal] Out in the brushland where the cattle roamed Ten acres of sheet metal, calling it home Fifty thousand fans screaming in the dark Pulling megawatts from the state power park Mining digital gold on a screen The biggest appetite the grid has seen Ice on the wire, mercury coming down Pipes freezing solid in the middle of town Living rooms shaking in the bitter black freeze While the state utility falls to its knees! [Pre-Chorus] [Male Vocal, building] Don't fix lines or winterize the plant! Tell freezing families what they can and can't! When the system breaks and the sirens scream— Pay the server farm to shut the machine! [Chorus] [Female Vocal, soulful, soft] Paid to shut down! Thirty million in the black! Getting rich off the freeze while the power lines crack! Turn off the switch, collect the state check, While the whole damn county is a shivering wreck! Yeah, burn up the power when the sun gets high, Get paid a fortune just to cut the light! [Verse 2] [Male Vocal] Grandmother's boiling water on a camp stove Counting pennies for the heating bills they drove Three hundred dollars for a kilowatt hour Handing out bonuses to corporate power The CEO's laughing on his conference call "We made the quarter by doing nothing at all!" Just flip the big breaker, let the cooling fans rest Collect thirty million from the state-funded chest! They don't build a bridge, they don't pave a mile, Just rob the whole state with a digital smile! [Pre-Chorus] Don't fix lines or winterize the plant! Tell freezing families what they can and can't! When the system breaks and the sirens scream— Pay the server farm to shut the machine! [Chorus] [Female Vocal, soulful, soft] Paid to shut down! Thirty million in the black! Getting rich off the freeze while the power lines crack! Turn off the switch, collect the state check, While the whole damn county is a shivering wreck! Yeah, burn up the power when the sun gets high, Get paid a fortune just to cut the light! [Bridge] [Male Vocal, spoken] Look out the frosted window. The streetlights are dead. The nursing home is dark. [Female Vocal, sung softly] The children sleep in winter coats. [Male Vocal, spoken] And out on the highway... The server shed is silent... Because you paid them thirty million dollars JUST TO DO NOTHING! [Female Vocal, whisper] How much is a life worth on the open market? [Final Chorus] [Duet, full power] Paid to shut down! (Thirty million clean!) Robbing every town with a crypto machine! Turn off the switch, collect the state check, While the whole damn county is a shivering wreck! Burn up the power when the sun gets high, [Female Vocal, soft] Get paid a fortune just to cut the light... [Outro] [Male Vocal, spoken] Grid stabilized. Subsidy processed. Thank you for your sacrifice.
