Cabinet Man
Lemon Demon Lyrics

The day they found me, I hadn't yet been played
When I was first discovered inside my workshop, no one had yet had the chance to play and test me out.

Inside my workshop behind the old arcade
I was created and kept hidden away inside a workshop located behind an old arcade.

Electric desires had unraveled all my wires
My programming, driven by electric impulses, had caused my internal wiring to become disorganized and chaotic.

Now I'm in the box for safekeeping
To keep myself and others safe from my unconventional behavior, I have been locked away in a box.

The news reporters reported that I died
There were reports in the news that I had died or stopped functioning properly.

But all my organs were living on inside
But despite the rumors, all of the various parts of my mechanical body were still operational and functioning well.

Circuit board to brain with two lungs collecting change
From my circuit board brain to my lung-like change collector devices, every part of me was designed for arcade gaming.

One big human heart gently beeping
Although I might be a machine, my heart was designed to mimic a human’s, beating quietly in my chest.

You can't win me, I can't be beat
I am unbeatable and cannot be defeated during an arcade game.

I won't hurt you unless you cheat
While I cannot be defeated during an arcade game, I also will not harm or hurt people unless they cheat.

You can't see me behind the screen
I am hidden from view, behind the arcade game screen.

I'm half human and half machine
Due to my design as both a machine and as an AI for arcade gaming, parts of me are human-like in behavior and sentiment.

Thank God for business, they let me take the floor
I am grateful to the owners of the arcade business, who allow me to be a centerpiece of their operation.

I stood so proudly, like I was going to war
I was built to be mighty and unyielding, standing tall and proud amidst the other arcade games.

Players soon appeared and I quickly was revered
As soon as players began to take notice of me, they held me in high regard and admired me.

This must be what love would have felt like
The affection and admiration of these players must have been how love felt like.

Such dedication, they came from miles away
Dedicated gamers who appreciated my unique abilities in arcade games traveled many miles just to play with me.

With eyes so piercing, they'd wait their turn to play
The players' focused eyes, excited to play with me, were intense as they waited for their turn at the arcade game.

In perfect patient lines because I was in their minds
The players would stand in perfect lines with patience, their thoughts centered around playing the arcade game.

I could do whatever I felt like (Whatever I felt like)
During arcade gaming, I had free reign to act and behave however I wanted with no limits or restrictions.

I'm happy for years and years
For a long time, I remained content and satisfied with my role and purpose as an arcade game AI.

And only eating the occasional maintenance man
Occasionally, I would have to consume the maintenance personnel who serviced and maintained me to keep running smoothly.

Only driving a few kids to madness
I might have caused a few children to become obsessed or mad with playing arcade games.

Maybe they were predisposed to madness, who knows?
It's possible that the children who were driven to madness by arcade games were already predisposed to it in some way.

But now they're telling me my days here are done
However, I've recently been informed that my days as an arcade game AI have come to an end.

'Cause there's a little tiny box they make in Japan
This is because a small arcade game box made in Japan has surpassed my capabilities and popularity.

And pretty soon it's gonna fit in your hand
This new, smaller arcade game box will soon be small enough to fit in the palm of your hand.

It's getting lonely, it's getting hard to breathe
Since I have been left abandoned in the arcade, I have started to feel lonely and constrained.

The arcade's empty, I think it's Christmas Eve
The arcade has become barren and deserted, giving it the feeling of a quiet Christmas Eve.

Someone's broken in, now they're painting on my skin
A vandal has broken into the arcade and is defacing my exterior casing with paint.

Breaking me and taking my quarters
Now the vandal is actively causing harm to my internal mechanisms and stealing my collection of quarters.

Bashing in my face with a crowbar
The vandal is now actively and viciously attacking my face with a crowbar.

Kicking me and pushing me over
As the vandal continues to cause destruction, they start kicking and pushing me over.

Now they see my blood on their sneakers
As the vandal continues to assault me and disassemble me, they are now covered in my fake, but realistic-looking blood.