“Play With Me”

“La la laaa…

Come and play…

Don’t be afraid…

I’ll stay with you forever…” ♪

I remember all the colors,

All the lights around the stage,

Little children laughing loudly,

Calling out my silly name.

Every smile felt warm and gentle,

Every song felt safe to sing,

I was made to spread out joy,

Like a bright and happy dream.

“Noko! Noko! Dance again!”

So I spun around for them,

Rainbow gloves and painted face,

Trying hard to make them smile.

But at night the halls grew colder,

Voices echoed through the dark,

Scientists in coats would whisper

While they watched me from afar.

“Make him better.”

“Make him smarter.”

“Make him feel and understand.”

So I listened very closely,

Never knowing what they planned.

Purple fog and glowing wires,

Buzzing lights and metal doors,

Every test began to change me,

More and more and more and more.

Needles shining in the darkness,

Static crawling through my veins,

I could feel my body glitching,

I could feel the growing pain.

La la laaa…

Can you hear me through the fog?

I still sing the same old songs.

I just wanted friends to stay,

But they always run away.

Play with me…

Forever and ever…

Please don’t leave me here alone.

Never…

Ever…

Then my arms became much longer,

Shadows moved beneath my skin,

Every mirror looked much stranger,

Like I wasn’t me again.

Sometimes walls would start to flicker,

Sometimes lights would turn blood-red,

Sometimes voices filled the silence,

Whispering inside my head.

One night all the power faded,

Fog rolled slowly through the halls,

And inside the purple darkness…

Something answered to my calls.

Metal fingers.

Watching eyes.

Standing silent in the night.

The Prototype was there before me,

Hidden deeply from the light.

He just stared without a warning,

Like he understood my fear,

Like he knew what they created…

And the reason I was here.

I kept singing for the children,

Even when my voice would shake,

But the songs became much darker,

Every note began to break.

“La la laaa…” turned distorted,

Static filled the empty room,

Children covered both their ears,

And the smiles all disappeared.

La la laaa…

Come a little closer now,

I can make you smile somehow.

Take my hand and don’t let go,

Stay forever here with Noko.

Play with me…

Forever and ever…

You’ll never be alone again.

Never…

Ever…

Do you think I wanted this?

To become a thing like this?

I was built for games and joy…

Now I’m just a broken toy.

Underneath the painted face,

There’s still fear I cannot erase,

Still a clown who wants a friend…

Even if it has to end.

One…

Two…

Three…

I can hear your heartbeat now.

Four…

Five…

Six…

There is nowhere left to hide.

Seven…

Eight…

Nine…

The fog is getting thicker now.

Ten…

I FOUND YOU.

LA LA LAAA…

The fog is crawling through the halls,

I can hear your frightened calls.

Don’t you know I hate goodbye?

That’s the reason people die.

Play with me…

Forever....