[Silence]
[Instrumental, Guitar, Piano, Organ, Synth, Bass, Percussion, Drums]
[Intro]
[Instrumental Intro: Pulsing Bass, Organ Swell, Muted Guitar Chops, Rising Synth Filter]
[Minimal Beat, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]
Geee!
Is it a “Double Lifetime Guarantee”?
[Instrumental]
[Bass Solo]
[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March]
[Verse 1]
You sold it shiny new
(Factory sealed)
Promises wrapped in blue
(A crooked deal)
Said it would last forever
(No need to fear)
But forever keeps getting shorter
(Year by year)
[Pre-Chorus]
I ain’t got that many lifetimes
(To count your mistakes)
Corruption, vice, and crimes
(Until man’s will awakes)
[Bridge]
Or everything breaks
[Build: Synth Arpeggio Rising]
[Chorus]
A billion seconds
(Work twice my life)
For your record reckons
(The fate of hate and strife)
A billion seconds gone
(Just like that)
Your crooked ledger drawn
(In the aftermath)
[Breakdown]
[Percussion, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]
Now we know…
(This sh, sh, sha… it) show
(Has ga, gotta…) Go!
Truth leaks out slow
(Through every crack)
The longer you run it
(The harder the smack)
[Instrumental – Synth and Organ Jam]
[Synth Solo – spiraling upward]
[Organ Solo – gritty and driving]
[Guitar Solo]
[Organ Stabs, Driving Bass, Snare March]
[Verse 2]
You stamped it “guaranteed”
(For life and more)
But whose life you mean
(Is the hidden score)
Double the promise
(Double the lie)
Stacked to the heavens
(High in the sky)
[Pre-Chorus]
I ain’t got that many lifetimes
(To watch the decay)
Counting your headlines
(Day after day)
[Chorus]
A billion seconds
(Work twice my life)
For your record reckons
(The fate of hate and strife)
A billion seconds burn
(Into the night)
Every page we turn
(Reveals the fight)
[Final Breakdown]
[Percussion, Sub Bass, Spoken Vocal]
Lifetime promise
(Printed in gold)
But the truth behind it
(Is already sold)
Double lifetime guarantee?
(We’ll see…)
[Outro]
[Minimal Beat, Organ Pad, Slow Bass Pulse]
Tick… tick… tick…
(Time keeps score)
You can promise forever
(But never more)
End of the endeavor
[Double drum hit]
[Instrumental Fade]
ABOUT THE SONG
If you spent 40 hours a week counting at an average rate of one number per second, it would take approximately 133.5 years to reach one billion.
Realistic speech rates: Some estimates suggest that because large numbers take several seconds to pronounce, the actual time spent counting (even non-stop) could exceed 100 to 200 years.
The Million vs. Billion difference: At one number per second, you can count to a million in just 11.5 days.
From the album “Billions“