He Ate His Way to the Queen

Captain White came humming
Through the sugar-smoke machines
With a mouth full of static
And a jacket full of green

Every tower blinked red twice
Every siren bent the key
Every screen said welcome home
Every weapon disagreed

They came sweet
They came bright
They came soft and mean
Captain White kept eating
Till he ate his way to the Queen

He ate his way to the Queen
He ate his way to the Queen
Through the guns and the gates
And the gummy machines

He ate his way to the Queen
He ate his way to the Queen
Love was hiding in the empire
Like a glitch in the screen

Turn up the resonance
Turn up the room
Red lights talking
To the sugar moon

Turn up the resonance
Let it ring clean
Captain White is coming
Through the machine

There were drones with candy eyes
There were priests inside the sound
There were beams that made the heartbeat
Want to lay its weapons down

There were songs inside the ceiling
There were teeth inside the tune
There were pretty little orders
Blooming blue across the moon

But he bit the little signal
And he chewed the big machine
Captain White kept eating
Till he ate his way to the Queen

He ate his way to the Queen
He ate his way to the Queen
Through the guns and the gates
And the gummy machines

He ate his way to the Queen
He ate his way to the Queen
Love was hiding in the empire
Like a glitch in the screen

Turn up the resonance
Turn up the room
Red lights talking
To the sugar moon

Turn up the resonance
Let it ring clean
Captain White is coming
Through the machine

The throne room started pulsing
Violet under red
The guards forgot their orders
The lasers bowed their heads

She rose up from the shimmer
With a crown that sang alive
And Captain White stopped chewing
For the first damn time

Maybe it was hunger
Maybe it was light
Maybe every monster
Needs a monster done right

He bit the royal circuit
He broke the candy dream
And the Queen began to smile
Like she knew what it means

He ate his way to the Queen
He ate his way to the Queen
Through the guns and the gates
And the gummy machines

He ate his way to the Queen
He ate his way to the Queen
Love was hiding in the empire
Like a glitch in the screen

Turn up the resonance
Turn up the room
Red lights talking
To the sugar moon

Turn up the resonance
Let it ring clean
Captain White is coming
Through the machine

Now the ships don't fire
Now the alarms all sing
Now the moon rides shotgun
With the Gummy Queen

She feeds him bad machines
He keeps her empire clean
Two catastrophic lovers
In a candy limousine

Red lights on the ceiling
Sweet smoke in the room
Captain White is hungry
And the Queen says soon

He ate his way to the Queen
He ate his way to the Queen
Through the guns and the gates
And the gummy machines

He ate his way to the Queen
He ate his way to the Queen
Love was hiding in the empire
Like a glitch in the screen

Turn up the resonance
Turn up the room
Red lights talking
To the sugar moon

Turn up the resonance
Let it ring clean
Captain White is coming
Through the machine
