{ "project": "Zuman", "title": "Captain White", "key": "captain-white", "subtitle": "Narrative Song-Cycle / Album Lane", "status": "narrative song-cycle / album lane", "active_lane": true, "build_stamp": "2026-06-09T20:37:03Z", "generated_from": "Generated from C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\zuman-canonical.json by C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\build_zuman_site.py.", "cover_url": "/assets/covers/captain-white.png", "track_count": 14, "audio_count": 14, "lyrics_count": 14, "tracks": [ { "title": "Captain White (Vs. the Gummy Fuckers Pt. 1)", "audio_file": "Captain White.mp3", "lyrics_file": "Captain White (Vs. the Gummy Fuckers Pt. 1).txt", "origin": "Captain White", "status": "active", "notes": "Alternate audio also landed: Captain White vs the Alien Gummy Fuckers.mp3.", "track_number": 1, "is_active": true, "canonical_source": "Generated from C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\zuman-canonical.json by C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\build_zuman_site.py.", "slug": "captain-white-vs-the-gummy-fuckers-pt-1", "audio_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/audio/captain-white-vs-the-gummy-fuckers-pt-1.mp3", "lyrics_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/lyrics/captain-white-vs-the-gummy-fuckers-pt-1.txt", "lyrics": "Captain White (Vs. the Gummy Fuckers Pt. 1)\n\n[Intro]\nRed light sleeping in the dead of the plains\nMissile keys buried deep in his veins\nCaptain White in a government bed\nDreaming low with the silo in his head\n\nThen—flash\nLocked up flat in a surgical glow\nRoof gone black and the cornfields below\nPulled straight up through the middle of the night\nStill calm, still cold, in the tractor-beam light\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nEyes in the windows\nBlack as a void\nLittle round portholes\nFull of something annoyed\nSweet rotten perfume\nCustard left to die\nCaptain White just dangling there\nAnd staring back alive\n\n[Chorus]\nCaptain White!\nIn the candy-colored panic of the sky\nCaptain White!\nWhen the gummy hands come crawling, something bites\nCaptain White!\nHe was chosen for the probing of the night\nBut the hunters got it wrong\nNow the snack is fighting back\nCaptain White!\n\n[Verse 2]\nHeld up stiff like a butchered marionette\nTorso twitching in a halo silhouette\nRubber fingers crawling under his clothes\nEverywhere that a good Christian doesn't go\n\nOne comes close with that bulbous little stare\nPulls his mouth open like he's livestock at a fair\nChecks his teeth, jams a finger on his tongue\nAnd that's the moment that the feeding bell is rung\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nSynthetic cherry\nLemon and lime\nMushy little finger\nSweet and sublime\nSomething in his brain says\nThis is not fear\nThis is appetite awakening\nAnd dinner's finally here\n\n[Chorus]\nCaptain White!\nIn the candy-colored panic of the sky\nCaptain White!\nTakes a finger, chews it up, and comes alive\nCaptain White!\nNow the saucer sounds like screaming in a hive\nThey came looking for a man\nNow they're watching something stand\nCaptain White!\n\n[Drop / Chant]\nBite\nRip\nChew\nSpit\nFlash\nSpin\nLock\nIn\n\n[Verse 3]\nHe flips midair, lands low like a beast\nPredator grin at the start of the feast\nPale green, pale pink, backing off in dread\nMaybe color means flavor, Captain White said\n\nGangling arms waving please-no in the air\nToo late, boys, there's a butcher in your prayer\nHe tears a neck open, wild with the hum\nLike the end of restraint and the start of the drum\n\n[Chorus]\nCaptain White!\nNow the saucer is a slaughterhouse in flight\nCaptain White!\nHe's a patriot of hunger in the light\nCaptain White!\nMade first contact and he took the first bite\nOne small bite for man\nOne first feast for humankind\nCaptain White!\n\n[Outro]\nAlien synth in the blood-red glow\nCornfields waiting far below\nCaptain White in the roaring dome\nEating his way back home", "track_markdown_url": "/captain-white/tracks/captain-white-vs-the-gummy-fuckers-pt-1.md", "track_json_url": "/captain-white/tracks/captain-white-vs-the-gummy-fuckers-pt-1.json" }, { "title": "Red Lights", "audio_file": "Red Lights.mp3", "lyrics_file": "Red Lights.txt", "origin": "Captain White", "status": "active", "notes": "", "track_number": 2, "is_active": true, "canonical_source": "Generated from C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\zuman-canonical.json by C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\build_zuman_site.py.", "slug": "red-lights", "audio_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/audio/red-lights.mp3", "lyrics_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/lyrics/red-lights.txt", "lyrics": "Red Lights\n\n[Intro]\nRed lights spinning in the parking lot\nMoon looks melted in the sky\nSomebody screamed, \"That ain't no drone\"\nThen down came Captain White\n\n[Verse 1]\nHe stepped out clean in a paper suit\nWith a badge made out of light\nSaid, \"Nobody move, this is science now\"\nAnd his boots were glowing bright\n\nHe had three small moons in a lunchbox\nA laser taped to a kite\nA clipboard full of human names\nAnd a smile too wide and white\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nThen the sky went pop\nAnd the ground went soft\nAnd the stars started laughing through the satellite\n\n[Chorus]\nCaptain White, Captain White\nTook the wheel and bent the night\nGummy ships with neon teeth\nChewing holes in gravity\n\nCaptain White, Captain White\nThis is wrong but it feels right\nBeam me up or let me drive\nI don't care, I'm still alive\n\n[Verse 2]\nThere were gummy bears in the cockpit\nThere were sirens in the floor\nOne was praying to a milkshake\nOne was guarding the door\n\nThe captain said, \"Don't panic, people\nThis happens all the time\"\nThen he hit the wrong red button\nAnd we slipped outside the line\n\n[Chorus]\nCaptain White, Captain White\nTook the wheel and bent the night\nGummy ships with neon teeth\nChewing holes in gravity\n\n[Bridge]\nOh no, oh my\nThere's a hole in the sky\nAnd it's singing my name\nWith a sugary bite\n\nOh no, oh my\nTell the porch light goodbye\nWe are way past weird\nWith Captain White\n\n[Breakdown]\nLeft foot, starlight\nRight foot, fright\nHands up, meatbag\nWave at the light\n\n[Final Chorus]\nCaptain White, Captain White\nTook the wheel and blessed the bite\nGummy gods with laser eyes\nDancing on the dashboard lights\n\n[Outro]\nRed lights fading in the parking lot\nMoon snapped back in the sky\nNobody knows where the gummies went\nBut we all saw Captain White", "track_markdown_url": "/captain-white/tracks/red-lights.md", "track_json_url": "/captain-white/tracks/red-lights.json" }, { "title": "He Ate His Way to the Queen", "audio_file": "Sugar Queen.mp3", "lyrics_file": "He Ate His Way to the Queen.txt", "origin": "Captain White", "status": "active", "notes": "Full lyrics arrived in the 2026-06-07 Gummy Queen self-email; matching audio attachment was named Sugar Queen.mp3.", "track_number": 3, "is_active": true, "canonical_source": "Generated from C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\zuman-canonical.json by C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\build_zuman_site.py.", "slug": "he-ate-his-way-to-the-queen", "audio_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/audio/he-ate-his-way-to-the-queen.mp3", "lyrics_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/lyrics/he-ate-his-way-to-the-queen.txt", "lyrics": "He Ate His Way to the Queen\n\nCaptain White came humming\nThrough the sugar-smoke machines\nWith a mouth full of static\nAnd a jacket full of green\n\nEvery tower blinked red twice\nEvery siren bent the key\nEvery screen said welcome home\nEvery weapon disagreed\n\nThey came sweet\nThey came bright\nThey came soft and mean\nCaptain White kept eating\nTill he ate his way to the Queen\n\nHe ate his way to the Queen\nHe ate his way to the Queen\nThrough the guns and the gates\nAnd the gummy machines\n\nHe ate his way to the Queen\nHe ate his way to the Queen\nLove was hiding in the empire\nLike a glitch in the screen\n\nTurn up the resonance\nTurn up the room\nRed lights talking\nTo the sugar moon\n\nTurn up the resonance\nLet it ring clean\nCaptain White is coming\nThrough the machine\n\nThere were drones with candy eyes\nThere were priests inside the sound\nThere were beams that made the heartbeat\nWant to lay its weapons down\n\nThere were songs inside the ceiling\nThere were teeth inside the tune\nThere were pretty little orders\nBlooming blue across the moon\n\nBut he bit the little signal\nAnd he chewed the big machine\nCaptain White kept eating\nTill he ate his way to the Queen\n\nHe ate his way to the Queen\nHe ate his way to the Queen\nThrough the guns and the gates\nAnd the gummy machines\n\nHe ate his way to the Queen\nHe ate his way to the Queen\nLove was hiding in the empire\nLike a glitch in the screen\n\nTurn up the resonance\nTurn up the room\nRed lights talking\nTo the sugar moon\n\nTurn up the resonance\nLet it ring clean\nCaptain White is coming\nThrough the machine\n\nThe throne room started pulsing\nViolet under red\nThe guards forgot their orders\nThe lasers bowed their heads\n\nShe rose up from the shimmer\nWith a crown that sang alive\nAnd Captain White stopped chewing\nFor the first damn time\n\nMaybe it was hunger\nMaybe it was light\nMaybe every monster\nNeeds a monster done right\n\nHe bit the royal circuit\nHe broke the candy dream\nAnd the Queen began to smile\nLike she knew what it means\n\nHe ate his way to the Queen\nHe ate his way to the Queen\nThrough the guns and the gates\nAnd the gummy machines\n\nHe ate his way to the Queen\nHe ate his way to the Queen\nLove was hiding in the empire\nLike a glitch in the screen\n\nTurn up the resonance\nTurn up the room\nRed lights talking\nTo the sugar moon\n\nTurn up the resonance\nLet it ring clean\nCaptain White is coming\nThrough the machine\n\nNow the ships don't fire\nNow the alarms all sing\nNow the moon rides shotgun\nWith the Gummy Queen\n\nShe feeds him bad machines\nHe keeps her empire clean\nTwo catastrophic lovers\nIn a candy limousine\n\nRed lights on the ceiling\nSweet smoke in the room\nCaptain White is hungry\nAnd the Queen says soon\n\nHe ate his way to the Queen\nHe ate his way to the Queen\nThrough the guns and the gates\nAnd the gummy machines\n\nHe ate his way to the Queen\nHe ate his way to the Queen\nLove was hiding in the empire\nLike a glitch in the screen\n\nTurn up the resonance\nTurn up the room\nRed lights talking\nTo the sugar moon\n\nTurn up the resonance\nLet it ring clean\nCaptain White is coming\nThrough the machine", "track_markdown_url": "/captain-white/tracks/he-ate-his-way-to-the-queen.md", "track_json_url": "/captain-white/tracks/he-ate-his-way-to-the-queen.json" }, { "title": "Once and Future Gummy King", "audio_file": "Once & Future Gummy King.mp3", "lyrics_file": "Once and Future Gummy King.txt", "origin": "Captain White", "status": "active", "notes": "Full lyric supersedes the retained partial copy.", "track_number": 4, "is_active": true, "canonical_source": "Generated from C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\zuman-canonical.json by C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\build_zuman_site.py.", "slug": "once-and-future-gummy-king", "audio_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/audio/once-and-future-gummy-king.mp3", "lyrics_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/lyrics/once-and-future-gummy-king.txt", "lyrics": "Once and Future Gummy King\n\n[Verse 1]\nCaptain White came polished bright\nWith a medal and a grin\nHe had sugar on his collar\nHe had trouble on his chin\n\nThrough the doors of the palace\nPast the guards in candy glass\nCame the sound of something ancient\nDragging thunder through the mass\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nThen the room went soft and silent\nAnd the chandeliers took wing\nWhen a voice like melted thunder said\nBow down before the king\n\n[Chorus]\nI am the once and future Gummy King\nI wore the crown before the stars could sing\nYou may have danced with my daughter\nYou may have tasted the ring\nBut boy, you do not bargain\nWith the once and future Gummy King\n\n[Verse 2]\nHe had robes of royal raspberry\nHe had eyes of burning lime\nHe had knuckles made of licorice\nAnd a jaw from elder time\n\nHe said, son, I know your uniform\nI know your hungry kind\nYou come in peace with silver teeth\nAnd leave a war behind\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nCaptain White said, sir, respectfully\nI have no cruel intent\nThe king said, good, then both your kneecaps\nMay remain where they were meant\n\n[Post-Chorus]\nSticky throne\nHeavy crown\nSweet old man\nDon't play around\n\nSticky throne\nAncient swing\nEverybody fears\nThe Gummy King\n\n[Verse 3]\nSugar Queen rolled both her eyes\nSaid, Daddy, let him breathe\nHe's the one who crossed the red lights\nJust to bend one human knee\n\nThe king said, child, I've seen this tale\nIn syrup, blood, and flame\nA soldier calls it destiny\nThen leaves you with his name\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nCaptain White stood very still\nWhile the court began to sway\nThen he said, if I must prove it\nName the trial, name the day\n\n[Bridge]\nHe said bring the royal goblet\nHe said bring the wedding blade\nHe said bring the family ledger\nWith the debts that love has made\n\nHe said sing the oath of sweetness\nHe said face the boiling spring\nHe said no one dates my daughter\nTill they answer to the king\n\n[Breakdown]\nWho wants wings?\nI had wings\nWho wants war?\nI had more\n\nWho wants love?\nLove will cling\nAsk the once\nAnd future king\n\n[Final Chorus]\nI am the once and future Gummy King\nI wore the crown before the stars could sing\nYou may have danced with my daughter\nYou may have tasted the ring\nBut boy, you do not bargain\nWith the once and future Gummy King\n\nI am the once and future Gummy King\nOld as the wound where the first bell rings\nIf you would stand beside her\nThen stand inside the sting\nAnd kneel before the father\nOf the Sugar Queen\n\n[Outro]\nCaptain White bent one knee\nThe whole court started murmuring\nThe old king smiled with all his teeth\nAnd said, we'll see, Mr. Wings", "track_markdown_url": "/captain-white/tracks/once-and-future-gummy-king.md", "track_json_url": "/captain-white/tracks/once-and-future-gummy-king.json" }, { "title": "Raspberry Lime Moons", "audio_file": "Raspberry Lime Moons.mp3", "lyrics_file": "Raspberry Lime Moons.txt", "origin": "Captain White", "status": "active", "notes": "", "track_number": 5, "is_active": true, "canonical_source": "Generated from C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\zuman-canonical.json by C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\build_zuman_site.py.", "slug": "raspberry-lime-moons", "audio_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/audio/raspberry-lime-moons.mp3", "lyrics_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/lyrics/raspberry-lime-moons.txt", "lyrics": "Raspberry Lime Moons\n\n[Verse 1]\nThe saucer sat on church hill\nWhere the cornfields meet the sky\nThree small moons hung as witnesses\nThe night refused to die\n\nThe candy court assembled\nIn their raspberry and lime\nThe old king took the center aisle\nAnd counted out the time\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nHe said, son, I've heard your appetite\nI've read your military file\nI've measured your teeth and weighed your worth\nNow I'll walk her down the aisle\n\n[Chorus]\nEat and be eaten\nLove and be true\nAll that I hunger for\nIs answered by you\n\nThrough kingdom and cornfield\nThrough red light and war\nThe feast is beginning\nThe vow is the door\n\nCaptain White, take your bride\nLet the sweet world know\nTwo catastrophic lovers\nWith nowhere left to go\nBut here\n\n[Verse 2]\nShe came in a crown that hummed and sang\nHer robe was burning bright\nHer eyes said: I kept your name inside my jaws\nUntil tonight\n\nThe generals wept\nThe gummy soldiers stood\nAnd somebody in the back said\nI didn't think he could\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nThe king leaned down and whispered\nWhat only fathers say\nThen placed her hand in Captain White's\nAnd turned his face away\n\n[Chorus]\nEat and be eaten\nLove and be true\nAll that I hunger for\nIs answered by you\n\nThrough kingdom and cornfield\nThrough red light and war\nThe feast is beginning\nThe vow is the door\n\nCaptain White, take your bride\nLet the sweet world know\nTwo catastrophic lovers\nWith nowhere left to go\nBut here\n\n[Bridge]\nHe said: I have crossed the red lights\nI have faced the ancient king\nI have tasted every battlefield\nAnd nothing tasted like this thing\n\nShe said: I kept your throne in silence\nI have mourned you like a widow\nI have worn the heavy sweetness\nAnd I'd wear it still tomorrow\n\nHe said: I vow my appetite to you alone\nShe said: I vow my empire to your bone\n\nWe are the gummy and the hunger\nWe are the signal and the meat\nWe are the once and future feast\n\n[Breakdown]\nThe old king raised his licorice fist\nThe candy court erupted\nThe moon went gold\nThe cornfield shook\nAnd the whole sweet world combusted\n\n[Final Chorus]\nEat and be eaten\nLove and be true\nAll that I hunger for\nIs answered by you\n\nThrough kingdom and cornfield\nThrough red light and war\nThe feast is beginning\nThe vow is the door\n\nCaptain White, take your bride\nLet the whole world know\nTwo catastrophic lovers\nWith nowhere left to go\nBut here\nTogether\nHere\n\n[Outro]\nThe old king danced\nWhen nobody saw\nHe smiled for one moment\nWith his licorice jaw\n\nThe three small moons went soft and low\nThe gummy court began to glow\nCaptain White held what he'd earned\nAnd the sweet world turned", "track_markdown_url": "/captain-white/tracks/raspberry-lime-moons.md", "track_json_url": "/captain-white/tracks/raspberry-lime-moons.json" }, { "title": "Father White", "audio_file": "Father White.mp3", "lyrics_file": "Father White.txt", "origin": "Captain White", "status": "active", "notes": "", "track_number": 6, "is_active": true, "canonical_source": "Generated from C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\zuman-canonical.json by C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\build_zuman_site.py.", "slug": "father-white", "audio_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/audio/father-white.mp3", "lyrics_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/lyrics/father-white.txt", "lyrics": "Father White\n\n[Verse 1]\nCaptain White woke up at three\nTo a sound like a siren chewing glass\nOne little gummy on the ceiling fan\nOne in the sink, one stuck to his mask\n\nBottle on the counter, bottle on the floor\nBottle in a place no bottle should be\nSugar Queen said, baby, hold this one\nAnd handed him something looking back with three eyes\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nHe said, I have fought through red lights\nI have stood before the king\nI have signed my name to danger\nI have heard the engine sing\n\nBut nothing in the manual\nNothing in the war\nSaid fatherhood would melt the locks\nAnd crawl beneath the door\n\n[Chorus]\nFather White, Father White\nWalking circles in the kitchen light\nOne won't sleep and one can fly\nOne keeps blinking with another man's eyes\n\nFather White, Father White\nTrying to do the wrong thing right\nLove is loud and sleep is gone\nAnd every little gummy keeps hanging on\n\n[Post-Chorus]\nSticky hands\nTiny screams\nCosmic stains\nOn the washing machine\n\nSticky hearts\nLittle kings\nDaddy used to want wings\n\n[Verse 2]\nHe warmed the milk to body temp\nOr what he hoped a body meant\nChecked the chart from the doctor drone\nThat said, do not leave them unattended near cement\n\nOne turned purple, one turned clear\nOne said mama in a voice too deep\nOne grew teeth and disappeared\nThen reappeared pretending to sleep\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nAnd he rocked one left\nAnd he rocked one right\nAnd he whispered, son, or daughter, or light\n\nI don't know where you came from\nI don't know what you are\nBut I know you are crying\nAnd I know I am not far\n\n[Verse 3]\nSugar Queen was sleeping hard\nLike a monarch after war\nCaptain White stood in the dark\nWith three small moons on the nursery floor\n\nHe counted fingers, counted toes\nCounted limbs that came and went\nOne had dimples just like his\nOne had the face of the firmament\n\nThen the smallest grabbed his thumb\nWith a grip like a royal decree\nAnd Captain White forgot the math\nOf biology and ancestry\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nHe said, maybe blood is simple\nMaybe blood is strange\nMaybe love is just the thing\nThat stays when all the names rearrange\n\nBut still at four-thirteen\nBy the humming fridge light\nHe stared at that glowing baby\nAnd thought, that one is not mine\n\n[Bridge]\nHe called the king at sunrise\nSaid, sir, I need advice\nThe old man laughed for seven minutes\nThen said, welcome to your life\n\nHe said, boy, you wanted sugar\nYou wanted royal flame\nNow you got a house of little monsters\nAll practicing your name\n\nCaptain White said, respectfully\nSome of these kids look new\nThe king said, son, in this family\nSo did you\n\n[Breakdown]\nDiaper bag, battle flag\nBottle warmer, body drag\nLullaby, alibi\nWho put slime in Daddy's eye?\n\nPacifier, amplifier\nTiny teeth and nursery fire\nLove is war and war is sweet\nThere are gummies on his feet\n\n[Final Chorus]\nFather White, Father White\nDancing circles in the kitchen light\nOne won't sleep and one can fly\nOne keeps blinking with another man's eyes\n\nFather White, Father White\nTrying to do the wrong thing right\nLove is loud and sleep is gone\nBut every little gummy keeps hanging on\n\nFather White, Father White\nNo more medals, no more flight\nJust one more bottle, one more song\nOne more night of holding on\n\n[Outro]\nCaptain White sat down at dawn\nWith a baby stuck to his chest\nHe said, I don't know if you're mine, little star\nBut I'm the one who hasn't slept\n\nAnd the baby smiled\nWith too many teeth\nAnd called him Dad\nSo soft and sweet", "track_markdown_url": "/captain-white/tracks/father-white.md", "track_json_url": "/captain-white/tracks/father-white.json" }, { "title": "Unity Singularity", "audio_file": "Unity Singularity.mp3", "lyrics_file": "Unity Singularity.txt", "origin": "Captain White", "status": "active", "notes": "", "track_number": 7, "is_active": true, "canonical_source": "Generated from C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\zuman-canonical.json by C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\build_zuman_site.py.", "slug": "unity-singularity", "audio_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/audio/unity-singularity.mp3", "lyrics_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/lyrics/unity-singularity.txt", "lyrics": "Unity Singularity\n\n[Intro]\nOrder in the court\nOrder in the stars\nOrder in the sugar\nOrder in the scars\n\nEverybody rise\nFor the Honorable Thing\nThe Queen is in the gallery\nAnd nobody can sing\n\nExcept—\n\n[Beat Drop]\nOooh, unity singularity\nOooh, split the infinity\nOooh, love got too heavy\nNow we dance through the injury\n\n[Verse 1: Attorney]\nCaptain White, state your name\nFor the record and the flame\nDid you or did you not\nEat the army when they came?\n\nDid you court the royal daughter?\nDid you take her by surprise?\nDid you promise her forever\nWith the sugar in your eyes?\n\n[Captain White]\nMa'am, I was hungry\nThen I was changed\nThe sky got quiet\nAnd the stars got strange\n\nI didn't plan it\nI didn't scheme\nI bit the nightmare\nAnd woke in a dream\n\n[Pre-Chorus: Attorney]\nAnswer yes or answer no\nDid you love her, Captain?\nDid you let her go?\n\n[Captain White]\nYes to the first\nNo to the last\nI'm still somewhere\nIn the blast\n\n[Chorus]\nCosmic divorce\nOn the dance floor, baby\nLove went to court\nAnd the court went crazy\n\nStamp that file\nLet the bailiff sing\nShe was my Queen\nI was almost King\n\nOooh, unity singularity\nOooh, split the infinity\nOooh, love got too heavy\nNow we dance through the injury\n\n[Verse 2: Attorney]\nLet the record show\nHe admits consumption\nLet the record show\nRoyal gum corruption\n\nDid you raise the gummy children?\nDid you vanish into myth?\nDid you leave the Sugar Queen\nWith a galaxy to fix?\n\n[Captain White]\nI held what I could\nI failed what I held\nSome men go quiet\nWhen their heaven gets shelled\n\nI wasn't hiding\nI was learning to breathe\nWith a crown in the closet\nAnd sugar on my sleeve\n\n[Pre-Chorus: Attorney]\nCaptain White, look at her\nTell this court the truth\nWas the Queen your conquest\nOr your proof?\n\n[Captain White]\nShe was the window\nShe was the door\nShe was the war\nI didn't want anymore\n\n[Chorus]\nCosmic divorce\nOn the dance floor, baby\nLove went to court\nAnd the court went crazy\n\nStamp that file\nLet the bailiff sing\nShe was my Queen\nI was almost King\n\n[Bridge: Gummy Choir]\nExhibit A: the moon was melting\nExhibit B: the troops were gone\nExhibit C: two hearts colliding\nExhibit D: they danced too long\n\nExhibit E: the children glowing\nExhibit F: the father fled\nExhibit G: the Queen still watching\nExhibit H: the things unsaid\n\n[Attorney Breakdown]\nPermission to approach?\nPermission to destroy?\nWas she your wife\nOr a cosmic toy?\n\nWere you a hero?\nWere you a fraud?\nWere you just hungry\nWhen you swallowed God?\n\n[Captain White]\nI don't know\nI don't know\nI don't know\nBut I loved her so\n\nI don't know\nI don't know\nI don't know\nBut I loved her so\n\n[Dance Break]\nOrder!\nDisorder!\nOrder!\nDisorder!\n\nQueen of sugar\nMan of meat\nTwo broken planets\nOne bad beat\n\n[Final Chorus]\nCosmic divorce\nOn the dance floor, baby\nLove went to court\nAnd the court went crazy\n\nStamp that file\nLet the bailiff sing\nShe was my Queen\nI was almost King\n\nOooh, unity singularity\nOooh, split the infinity\nOooh, love got too heavy\nNow we dance through the injury\n\n[Outro]\nCaptain White, you may step down\nThe crown remains with the crown\n\nThe Queen looked once\nHe looked away\n\nThe court adjourned\nBut the music stayed", "track_markdown_url": "/captain-white/tracks/unity-singularity.md", "track_json_url": "/captain-white/tracks/unity-singularity.json" }, { "title": "Earth Is Adjudicated", "audio_file": "Earth is Adjudicated.mp3", "lyrics_file": "Respect My Authority.txt", "origin": "Captain White", "status": "active", "notes": "Renamed from Respect My Authority; existing respect-my-authority asset links preserved.", "track_number": 8, "is_active": true, "canonical_source": "Generated from C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\zuman-canonical.json by C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\build_zuman_site.py.", "slug": "respect-my-authority", "audio_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/audio/respect-my-authority.mp3", "lyrics_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/lyrics/respect-my-authority.txt", "lyrics": "Earth Is Adjudicated\n\n[Verse 1]\nThe King came down in a ruby crown\nWith a thousand candy ships\nEvery skyline started shaking\nEvery ocean learned to flip\n\nHe wore a robe of warning signs\nHe had thunder in his jaw\nHe looked upon the courts of Earth\nAnd laughed at human law\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nOh, you stacked your little papers\nOh, you stamped your little lies\nNow the sugar moon is rising\nAnd the sentence fills the sky\n\n[Chorus]\nEarth is adjudicated\nEarth is adjudicated\nThe verdict came in hot\nAnd the planet's getting raided\n\nEarth is adjudicated\nDance while it's invaded\nThe King is in the chamber\nAnd the gavel's detonated\n\n[Verse 2]\nYou split the stars like silverware\nYou weighed the moon in fees\nYou called my daughter property\nThen asked me to say please\n\nYou built a world of little flags\nAnd called the tangle peace\nBut every border melts tonight\nIn royal gummy heat\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nOh, your judges wore their black robes\nOh, your lawyers made their claims\nNow the bears are in the capital\nAnd the worms are in the planes\n\n[Chorus]\nEarth is adjudicated\nEarth is adjudicated\nThe verdict came in hot\nAnd the planet's getting raided\n\nEarth is adjudicated\nDance while it's invaded\nThe King is in the chamber\nAnd the gavel's detonated\n\n[Bridge]\nPoor little courts\nPoor little crowns\nPoor little nations\nAll falling down\n\nPoor little maps\nPoor little men\nArguing custody\nAt the end of the end\n\nYou touched my line\nYou mocked my throne\nYou made a mess\nOf flesh and bone\n\nSo hear my decree\nFrom sea to sea\nThe cosmos answers\nDirectly to me\n\n[Breakdown]\nI don't want appeal\nI don't want debate\nI don't want settlement\nI don't want wait\n\nI want the bells up\nI want the bass loud\nI want the whole world\nBowing in the crowd\n\n[Final Chorus]\nEarth is adjudicated\nEarth is adjudicated\nThe verdict came in hot\nAnd the planet's getting raided\n\nEarth is adjudicated\nDance while it's invaded\nThe King is in the chamber\nAnd the gavel's detonated\n\n[Outro]\nEarth is adjudicated\nEarth is adjudicated\nEarth is adjudicated\n\nBy sugar\nBy thunder\nBy crown\nBy law", "track_markdown_url": "/captain-white/tracks/respect-my-authority.md", "track_json_url": "/captain-white/tracks/respect-my-authority.json" }, { "title": "Carport Gary", "audio_file": "Carport Gary.mp3", "lyrics_file": "Carport Gary.txt", "origin": "Captain White", "status": "active", "notes": "", "track_number": 9, "is_active": true, "canonical_source": "Generated from C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\zuman-canonical.json by C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\build_zuman_site.py.", "slug": "carport-gary", "audio_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/audio/carport-gary.mp3", "lyrics_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/lyrics/carport-gary.txt", "lyrics": "Carport Gary\n\n[Intro]\nShake, shake, little warning\nIn the grass by the morning light\nPeace to every creature\nBut keep your heavy boots in sight\n\n[Verse 1]\nThere's a garden by the roadside\nWhere the wild things learned to sing\nLittle minds in the clover\nLittle ghosts inside the spring\n\nSome come looking for a monster\nSome come laughing at the strange\nBut the flower does not owe you\nA face you recognize by name\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nSo come on easy\nCome on kind\nLeave a little room\nFor another kind of mind\n\n[Chorus]\nHey now\nWho goes there?\nIs that heaven in the kudzu\nOr a neighbor in a chair?\n\nHey now\nSing it back\nThere's a choir in the roadside weeds\nAnd stars behind the shack\n\n[Verse 2]\nI don't aim at children\nI don't call it war\nI just stand beneath the carport light\nAnd listen past the door\n\nThere's a cricket with a modem\nThere's a frog with perfect pitch\nThere's a satellite blinking\nLike it knows which man is which\n\n[Key Verse]\nAnd the Sugar Queen is watching\nFrom a moon of corn syrup glass\nShe said Captain, quit your hollering\nAt the holy overpass\n\nBut the night kept on singing\nLike it had a second throat\nLike creation had a banjo\nAnd a lawsuit in its coat\n\n[Chorus]\nHey now\nWho goes there?\nIs that judgment in the treeline\nOr a possum saying prayer?\n\nHey now\nSing it back\nThere's a choir in the roadside weeds\nAnd stars behind the shack\n\n[Bridge — the moment]\nAre you God or are you Gary\nOr one of Gary's boys?\n\nI heard God clear His throat\nI heard Gary slam his blind\nI heard something with too many teeth\nWhisper never mind\n\nI saw red lights in the timber\nI saw green ones in the grass\nI saw my own reflection\nIn the windshield looking back\n\n[Verse 3]\nSo I lowered my suspicion\nLet the night keep being strange\nLet the frogs file their pleadings\nIn the court of outer range\n\nAnd I stood there like a question\nWith my shadow on the wall\nNot brave enough for silence\nNot lost enough to call\n\n[Final Chorus]\nHey now\nWho goes there?\nIs that mercy in the static\nOr a neighbor in his underwear?\n\nHey now\nSing it back\nThere's a choir in the roadside weeds\nAnd stars behind the shack\n\n[Outro]\nI don't aim at children\nI don't call it war\nI just stand beneath the carport light\nAnd listen past the door\n\nIf God is in the darkness\nHe can answer when He likes\nBut tonight He sent the tree frogs\nAnd a thousand blinking lights", "track_markdown_url": "/captain-white/tracks/carport-gary.md", "track_json_url": "/captain-white/tracks/carport-gary.json" }, { "title": "Alien GF (Vs. the Gummy Fuckers Pt. 2)", "audio_file": "Alien GF.mp3", "lyrics_file": "Alien GF (Vs. the Gummy Fuckers Pt. 2).txt", "origin": "Captain White", "status": "active", "notes": "", "track_number": 10, "is_active": true, "canonical_source": "Generated from C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\zuman-canonical.json by C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\build_zuman_site.py.", "slug": "alien-gf-vs-the-gummy-fuckers-pt-2", "audio_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/audio/alien-gf-vs-the-gummy-fuckers-pt-2.mp3", "lyrics_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/lyrics/alien-gf-vs-the-gummy-fuckers-pt-2.txt", "lyrics": "Alien GF (Vs. the Gummy Fuckers Pt. 2)\n\n[Verse 1]\nRed light flashing on the avenue\nBlue-black smoke in the morning dew\nFlags on the ground like broken teeth\nEverybody chanting, \"Captain White beneath\"\n\nBoots hit syrup in a perfect line\nSirens singing in four-four time\nHe raised his chin to the burning sky\nSaid, \"Stand back, boys, I remember why\"\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nGumdrop helmets\nLicorice guns\nCandy soldiers\nMarching as one\n\nHe opened his mouth\nFor the miracle spark\nBut the battlefield smiled\nIn the dark\n\n[Chorus]\nCaptain White versus the alien gummy fuckers\nBite down, bite down, save the world again\nCaptain White versus the alien gummy fuckers\nBut the old fire won't answer him\n\nNo taste\nNo spark\nNo thunder in the jaw\nJust sweet dead rubber\nAnd the whole world saw\n\n[Verse 2]\nHe caught the first one by the candy throat\nBit through the armor and waited for gold\nWaited for lightning, waited for flame\nBut nothing in his mouth knew his name\n\nHe bit again till his molars rang\nThe gummy ranks began to sing\n\"Chew, little hero, chew for the crowd\nShow us the hunger you talked about\"\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nMarching left\nMarching right\nCandy boots around Captain White\n\nThe snare kept cracking\nThe lights went red\nAnd the legend kept biting\nBut the miracle was dead\n\n[Chorus]\nCaptain White versus the alien gummy fuckers\nBite down, bite down, save the world again\nCaptain White versus the alien gummy fuckers\nBut the old fire won't answer him\n\nNo taste\nNo spark\nNo thunder in the jaw\nJust sweet dead rubber\nAnd the whole world saw\n\n[Bridge]\nHe used to be appetite\nHe used to be law\nHe used to be teeth in the alien jaw\nHe used to be terrible\nHe used to be true\nNow the sugar army laughs as he chews\n\nLeft, right\nLeft, right\nDown goes Captain White\n\nLeft, right\nLeft, right\nNo taste in the bite\n\n[Verse 3]\nThey dragged him under by his uniform\nPast the cracked statue and the candy storm\nOne eye open, one rib gone\nStill trying to bite with the battle on\n\nSomebody shouted from a bunker stair\n\"Get him below, get him out of the air\"\nThe doors slid wide with a hospital glow\nAnd the drums cut hard when they pulled him below\n\n[Final Chorus]\nCaptain White versus the alien gummy fuckers\nBite down, bite down, save the world again\nCaptain White versus the alien gummy fuckers\nBut the old fire won't answer him\n\nNo taste\nNo spark\nNo thunder in the jaw\nJust fluorescent light\nAnd a locked steel door\n\n[Outro — cross-fade into Bunker Berries]\nLeft, right\nLeft, right\nGet him below\n\nLeft, right\nLeft, right\nGet him below\n\nCaptain White\nCan you taste today?\n\nCaptain White\nCan you taste today?", "track_markdown_url": "/captain-white/tracks/alien-gf-vs-the-gummy-fuckers-pt-2.md", "track_json_url": "/captain-white/tracks/alien-gf-vs-the-gummy-fuckers-pt-2.json" }, { "title": "Bunker Berries", "audio_file": "Bunker Berries.mp3", "lyrics_file": "Bunker Berries.txt", "origin": "Captain White", "status": "active", "notes": "", "track_number": 11, "is_active": true, "canonical_source": "Generated from C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\zuman-canonical.json by C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\build_zuman_site.py.", "slug": "bunker-berries", "audio_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/audio/bunker-berries.mp3", "lyrics_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/lyrics/bunker-berries.txt", "lyrics": "Bunker Berries\n\n[Verse 1]\nDown in the lab where the floor lights flash\nWorld outside turning into ash\nScientists sweating by the stainless tray\nSaying, \"Captain White, can you taste today?\"\n\nRed one\nBlue one\nGreen one too\nHe said, \"Doc, I hate what I'm telling you\"\nHe wiped his mouth and he stared at the door\nNothing tastes good anymore\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nThen the old doc slid through the smoke\nWith a little red berry and a serious look\nShe said, \"Chew this slow, don't ask me why\nLet it roll where the sweet things died\"\n\n[Chorus]\nTry this\nGet it in your mouth\nTry this\nWhile the world burns down\nIf the king's upstairs\nAnd the floor's at war\nTry this\nNothing tastes good anymore\n\nTry this\nTurn the sour into shine\nTry this\nPut the groove back in your mind\nIf the sugar won't sing\nLike it sang before\nTry this\nNothing tastes good anymore\n\n[Verse 2]\nThirty seconds, tongue to cheek\nLab coats counting like a holy beat\nTen, twenty, thirty, go\nNow give that gummy little thing a show\n\nHe bit down\nEyes went wide\nWhole room leaned to the sweeter side\nHe saw the Queen in a neon storm\nHe saw the bitter world reborn\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nThe bunker shook\nThe sirens cried\nSomebody said, \"Is he laughing or alive?\"\nCaptain White stood up real slow\nSaid, \"Doctor, where did that flavor go?\"\n\n[Chorus]\nTry this\nGet it in your mouth\nTry this\nWhile the world burns down\nIf the king's upstairs\nAnd the floor's at war\nTry this\nNothing tastes good anymore\n\n[Bridge: Call and Response]\nCall: Doctor, what did you give that man?\nResponse: Fruit from a desperate plan\nCall: Doctor, why did the Captain cry?\nResponse: Sweet came back before goodbye\n\nCall: Doctor, is the kingdom saved?\nResponse: No, but the mouth got brave\nCall: Doctor, is the war still on?\nResponse: Yes, but the taste came home\n\n[Breakdown]\nChew it round\nChew it round\nMove that miracle all over town\n\nChew it round\nChew it round\nMake that sour sweetness found\n\nMiracle protocol\nBunker getting physical\nGummy metaphysical\nTongue turns criminal\n\nMiracle protocol\nKingdom irresistible\nEarth still edible\nCaptain White is critical\n\n[Final Chorus]\nTry this\nGet it in your mouth\nTry this\nWhile the world burns down\nIf the king's upstairs\nAnd the floor's at war\nTry this\nNothing tastes good anymore\n\nTry this\nTurn the sour into shine\nTry this\nPut the groove back in your mind\nIf the sugar won't sing\nLike it sang before\nTry this\nNothing tastes good anymore\n\n[Outro]\nOne red berry in the war\nCaptain White wants more\nOne red berry in the war\nCaptain White wants more", "track_markdown_url": "/captain-white/tracks/bunker-berries.md", "track_json_url": "/captain-white/tracks/bunker-berries.json" }, { "title": "All At Once", "audio_file": "All at Once.mp3", "lyrics_file": "All At Once.txt", "origin": "Captain White", "status": "active", "notes": "", "track_number": 12, "is_active": true, "canonical_source": "Generated from C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\zuman-canonical.json by C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\build_zuman_site.py.", "slug": "all-at-once", "audio_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/audio/all-at-once.mp3", "lyrics_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/lyrics/all-at-once.txt", "lyrics": "All At Once\n\n[Verse 1]\nThey came down sweet from the burning sky\nWith sugar glass ships and a million eyes\nThey folded the flags, they salted the rain\nThey laughed at the names on the courthouse flame\n\nThe cities went quiet\nThe oceans went bright\nThe moon had a bruise\nIn the gelatin light\n\nAnd somewhere below\nWhere the sirens were gone\nCaptain White opened his eyes at dawn\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nHe said\nI was only a hunger\nI was only a man\nI was only a question\nWith teeth in my hands\n\nBut the world is a table\nAnd the hour has come\nIf the feast is the ending\nThen the ending is one\n\n[Chorus]\nAll at once\nAll at once\nHe saw every mouth in the alien sun\n\nAll at once\nAll at once\nHe chewed through the war before the war could run\n\nNo sword in his hand\nNo crown on his head\nJust a human voice\nAnd the hunger of the dead\n\nAll at once\nAll at once\nCaptain White ate the problem all at once\n\n[Verse 2]\nThe Gummy King roared from his throne in the clouds\nYour species is broken, your gods are too loud\nYour judges are children, your mercy is small\nYour planet is sentenced, your kingdoms will fall\n\nBut White kept walking\nThrough the candy-red storm\nWith a look on his face\nLike the world had been born\n\nNot rage\nNot revenge\nNot a soldier's delight\nJust a terrible peace\nIn the appetite\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nHe said\nI have carried the animal\nI have carried the shame\nI have carried the body\nThat forgot its name\n\nBut if life is a furnace\nAnd love is a law\nThen I open my mouth\nFor the sake of us all\n\n[Chorus]\nAll at once\nAll at once\nHe saw every mouth in the alien sun\n\nAll at once\nAll at once\nHe chewed through the war before the war could run\n\nNo sword in his hand\nNo crown on his head\nJust a human voice\nAnd the hunger of the dead\n\nAll at once\nAll at once\nCaptain White ate the problem all at once\n\n[Bridge]\nThere are men who build walls\nThere are men who build graves\nThere are men who go missing\nWhen the little ones wave\n\nThere are kings made of sugar\nThere are queens made of fire\nThere are fathers who vanish\nInside their desire\n\nBut somewhere beyond\nWhat a body can know\nThere's a mercy so strange\nIt looks hungry below\n\nAnd the Earth held its breath\nAnd the stars leaned in\nAnd the monster became\nWhat could save them again\n\n[Final Chorus]\nAll at once\nAll at once\nHe saw every wound in the alien sun\n\nAll at once\nAll at once\nHe swallowed the end before the end was done\n\nNo sword in his hand\nNo crown on his head\nJust a human voice\nAnd the living and dead\n\nAll at once\nAll at once\nCaptain White ate the problem all at once\n\n[Outro]\nAnd when it was over\nThere was nothing to say\nBut the wind through the wires\nAnd the first clean day\n\nHe stood in the silence\nWith the sky in his gut\nNot proud of the hunger\nBut awake to what it was\n\nAll at once\nAll at once\nCaptain White ate the problem all at once", "track_markdown_url": "/captain-white/tracks/all-at-once.md", "track_json_url": "/captain-white/tracks/all-at-once.json" }, { "title": "Sugared Glass Crown", "audio_file": "Sugared Glass Crown.mp3", "lyrics_file": "I Kept Your Throne.txt", "origin": "Captain White", "status": "active", "notes": "", "track_number": 13, "is_active": true, "canonical_source": "Generated from C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\zuman-canonical.json by C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\build_zuman_site.py.", "slug": "sugared-glass-crown", "audio_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/audio/sugared-glass-crown.mp3", "lyrics_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/lyrics/sugared-glass-crown.txt", "lyrics": "I Kept Your Throne\n\n[Verse 1]\nFrom the sugared glass of the upper deck\nI watched your little planet split\nTheir cities foamed like broken teeth\nTheir oceans learned to fizz\n\nMy father opened up his hand\nAnd poured his judgment down\nBut I was not there for his war\nI came to see your crown\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nThey called you monster\nThey called you lost\nThey dressed your hunger up in shame\nBut I remember what you were\nBefore they taught you smaller names\n\n[Chorus]\nI kept your throne\nI kept your crown\nI kept the court from chewing through the walls\nI kept your cup of flame unspilled\nI kept your name inside my jaws\n\nI kept your throne\nI kept your sign\nI fed the moons on royal wine\nNow lift your face from all that bone\nMy king, I kept your throne\n\n[Verse 2]\nYour hands were full of gummy stars\nYour mouth was bright with war\nYou ate their flags, you ate their guns\nAnd still you wanted more\n\nThe generals screamed into the smoke\nThe judges begged the sky\nBut I have heard a sweeter law\nWhen empires learn to die\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nThey don't know the shape of grief\nThey don't know the taste of kingdom\nThey thought they buried what you were\nBut sugar keeps what meat forgets\n\n[Chorus]\nI kept your throne\nI kept your crown\nI kept the court from chewing through the walls\nI kept your cup of flame unspilled\nI kept your name inside my jaws\n\nI kept your throne\nI kept your sign\nI fed the moons on royal wine\nNow lift your face from all that bone\nMy king, I kept your throne\n\n[Bridge]\nI have kept your throne in silence\nI have kept your cup of flame\nI have mourned you like a widow\nI have whispered back your name\n\nI have worn the heavy sweetness\nI have smiled with sharpened teeth\nI have waited in the warship\nWith the kingdom underneath\n\n[Final Chorus]\nI kept your throne\nI kept your crown\nI kept the court from chewing through the walls\nI kept your cup of flame unspilled\nI kept your name inside my jaws\n\nI kept your throne\nNow take your sign\nCome home through smoke and royal wine\nThe little world has come undone\nMy king, your kingdom has begun\n\n[Outro]\nI kept your throne\nI kept your throne\nI kept your throne\nInside my jaws", "track_markdown_url": "/captain-white/tracks/sugared-glass-crown.md", "track_json_url": "/captain-white/tracks/sugared-glass-crown.json" }, { "title": "Mr. White", "audio_file": "Mr White.mp3", "lyrics_file": "Mr. White.txt", "origin": "Captain White", "status": "active", "notes": "", "track_number": 14, "is_active": true, "canonical_source": "Generated from C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\zuman-canonical.json by C:\\Zuman\\Zuman Master\\build_zuman_site.py.", "slug": "mr-white", "audio_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/audio/mr-white.mp3", "lyrics_url": "/assets/albums/captain-white/lyrics/mr-white.txt", "lyrics": "Mr. White\n\n[Verse 1]\nMr. White sat third row back\nIn a desk with a scar cut deep\nSun through the blinds like prison bars\nOn a boy too bored to sleep\n\nTeacher talked about somewhere else\nSome war, some king, some date\nHe rubbed his chin with two bare fingers\nWondering if he should shave\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nAnd the clock kept chewing minutes\nAnd the room kept breathing chalk\nAnd he thought, what the hell am I doing here\nLearning how to sit and talk?\n\nThen the bell rang out like thunder\nAnd the whole world came alive\nA hundred bodies in the hallway\nTrying not to look surprised\n\n[Chorus]\nSon, let me give you wings\nThere's nothing for you in these halls\nJust lockers, bells, and broken things\nAnd your name scratched on the wall\n\nSon, let me give you wings\nCome on, step into the light\nYou don't have to know where you're going yet\nYou just have to leave tonight\n\n[Verse 2]\nNew Albany was buzzing loud\nLike a hive behind the doors\nGirls with books against their hearts\nBoys declaring little wars\n\nSomeone laughed, someone shoved\nSomeone dropped a tray\nMr. White stood in the current\nLike he might get swept away\n\nThere beside the trophy case\nWith a smile too clean to trust\nA man in blue with a folded flag\nSaid, boy, you look like us\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nAnd the floor kept shaking under him\nAnd the lockers flashed like chrome\nAnd the future smelled like floor wax\nAnd gasoline and going home\n\nHe rubbed his chin one more time\nFelt the roughness coming through\nAnd the man said, I can see it, son\nThere's something more in you\n\n[Chorus]\nSon, let me give you wings\nThere's nothing for you in these halls\nJust lockers, bells, and broken things\nAnd your name scratched on the wall\n\nSon, let me give you wings\nCome on, step into the light\nYou don't have to know where you're going yet\nYou just have to leave tonight\n\n[Post-Chorus]\nWings\nWings\nYou were never built to crawl\nWings\nWings\nDon't you hear the engine call?\n\n[Bridge]\nYears before the red lights found him\nYears before the sugar sang\nYears before the thing inside him\nLearned the shape of hunger's name\n\nHe was just a boy in motion\nWith a shadow down the spine\nAnd a stranger selling heaven\nOn a dotted little line\n\n[Final Chorus]\nSon, let me give you wings\nThere's nothing for you in these halls\nJust lockers, bells, and broken things\nAnd your name scratched on the wall\n\nSon, let me give you wings\nCome on, step into the light\nYou don't have to know what you're becoming\nYou just have to leave tonight\n\n[Outro]\nMr. White walked through the doorway\nWhile the hallway roared behind\nFirst real shave still waiting on him\nFirst real life still unsigned\n\nAnd the man said, son\nLet me give you wings", "track_markdown_url": "/captain-white/tracks/mr-white.md", "track_json_url": "/captain-white/tracks/mr-white.json" } ], "held_aside": [] }