Cabinet Man Lyrics - Spirit Phone - Lemon Demon

The day they found me 

I hadn't yet been played 

Inside my workshop 

Behind the old arcade 

Electric desires 

Had unravelled all my wires 

Now I'm in a box for safe-keeping 

The news reporters 

Reported that I'd died 

But all my organs 

Were living on inside 

Circuit board to brain 

With two lungs collecting change 

One big human heart 

Gently beeping 

You can't win me, I can't be beat 

I won't hurt you, unless you cheat 

You can't see me behind the screen 

I'm half-human, and half-machine 

Thank God for business 

They let me take the floor 

I stood so proudly 

Like I was going to war 

Players soon appeared 

And I quickly was revered 

This must be what love 

Would have felt like 

Such dedication 

They came from miles away 

With eyes focusing 

They'd wait their turn to play 

Perfect patient lines 

Because I was in their minds 

I could do whatever I felt 

(Whatever I felt like) 

You can't win me, I can't be beat 

I won't hurt you, unless you cheat 

You can't see me behind the screen 

I'm half-human, and half-machine 

I'm happy for years and years 

And only needing the occasional maintainence man 

Maybe driving a few kids to madness 

Maybe they were predisposed to madness 

Who knows? 

I only want to have fun 

But now they're telling me my days here are done 

'Cause there's a tiny little box that they make in Japan 

And pretty soon it's gonna fit in your hand 

It's getting lonely 

It's getting hard to breathe 

The arcade's empty 

I think it's Christmas Eve 

Someone's broken in 

Now they're painting on my skin 

Breaking me and taking my quarters 

Bashing in my face with their crowbar 

Kicking me and pushing me over 

Now they see my blood on their sneakers 

You can't win me, I can't be beat 

I won't hurt you, unless you cheat 

You can't see me behind the screen 

I'm half-human, and half-machine