Lyrics
Number
every box, he says on the Caringbah asphalt.
The sausage sizzle smoke, a Saturday in May.
We trade our given name for a number on the ballot,
A calculated sacrifice to get through the day.
[Chorus]
We're just a forced move in their long game. (long game)
A broken pawn structure in the southerly rain.
Waiting for a checkmate that never came. (never came)
That never came.
[Verse 2]
The flimsy paper feels like skin under the thumb,
That fluorescent hum inside the old school hall.
The pencil's tied with string so we don't take it home,
This quiet opposition, backs against the wall.
[Chorus]
We're just a forced move in their long game. (long game)
A broken pawn structure in the southerly rain.
Waiting for a checkmate that never came. (never came)
That never came.
[Bridge]
What's the endgame now, from the back of the crowd?
Is this the ghost signal they're broadcasting loud?
[Outro]
The move we should have seen.
The move we should have seen.
About Vivid Static
Sydney's Vivid Static (Kai Ishida) makes future-bass that feels like a memory you can step inside. He began his career as a classically-trained cellist before dropping out of the Conservatorium to chase fractured, experimental sounds. At 23, he put it all on hold for two years to become the primary caregiver for his mother during her battle with Alzheimer's. The music he makes now, crafted in his…
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