Prototype in the Vents

Lyrics

Intro
Footsteps
Drip in the dark
Red light
Click and it sparks
(laugh it off, huh)

Verse 1
Metal on the walls when I crawl, hear it scrape
Tag on the crate, just a number, not a name
Lab coat lies in a rusted frame
They built me in a file, now I’m breaking out the game

Blueprint burned in the back of my brain
Smell bleach, hear teeth, somebody in chains
Test tube kids, all lined in a row
They flipped that switch, now I’m hungry for a soul

Pre-Chorus
Why’d you come alone down here?
Why you let the steel door close?
Every little step so clear
I can hear your fear in your clothes (shh)

Chorus
I’m the prototype, baby, last one breathing
Wrong room, wrong turn, now you ain’t leaving
Run, little player, keep screaming, keep screaming (hey!)
Heart like a siren, beep-beep, I’m seeking

Prototype, baby, glitch in the system
Every lost part got teeth when I twist ’em
Dance in the dark with a lab-made demon
You blink one time and you stop your breathing

Verse 2
Sign on the wall say “Playcare East”
But the paint drip thick like a fresh-cut beast
Toy eyes stacked in a jar for the week
They watching me stalk from the vent, don’t speak

Yellowed reports, all stamped “DENIED”
Page 4, see “Subject tried to hide”
Page 5, “Subject broke they chains”
Ink run red like they felt my rage

Pre-Chorus
Why’d you follow echoes down?
Why you chase that childlike song?
Every little laugh so loud
But the hallway stretches on (too long)

Chorus
I’m the prototype, baby, last one breathing
Wrong room, wrong turn, now you ain’t leaving
Run, little player, keep screaming, keep screaming (yeah)
Heart like a siren, beep-beep, I’m seeking

Prototype, baby, glitch in the system
Every lost part got teeth when I twist ’em
Dance in the dark with a lab-made demon
You blink one time and you stop your breathing

Bridge
Beat drops to bass and snaps
Hand on the grate, I wait, I listen
Count your breaths like nuclear fission
Every misstep, that’s premonition
You pray for a door, I pray for a victim

Tag in my chest got a serial code
They wrote my fate in a barcode row
But I cut those lines with a crooked grin
If the chapter’s closed, I’m the secret end (ha)

Chorus
I’m the prototype, baby, last one breathing
Wrong room, wrong turn, now you ain’t leaving
Run, little player, keep screaming, keep screaming (woo)
Heart like a siren, beep-beep, I’m seeking

Prototype, baby, glitch in the system
Every lost part got teeth when I twist ’em
Dance in the dark with a lab-made demon
You blink one time and you stop your breathing