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The Ninth Is A Door — and it is not locked
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Nine printed lines over a four-on-the-floor kick. The pack takes no credit for any of them — then the ninth one turns out to be a door.
The lyric
[verse]
I am the paper in your hand, the half you never read
Black on white, I face you twice, I turn around the year
Nine voices and not one of them is mine
So hear me, I am only what I was made to say
[verse]
"WARNING: Cigarettes are addictive."
You gave me your mornings, I gave you nothing back
"WARNING: Tobacco smoke can harm your children."
They breathe the room you leave behind you
[chorus]
"WARNING: Cigarettes cause fatal lung disease."
"WARNING: Cigarettes cause cancer."
"WARNING: Cigarettes cause strokes and heart disease."
"WARNING: Smoking can kill you."
I am not a friend, I am the thing you hold
So say it with me once, and then put me down
[verse]
I take the top half of the front, the top half of the back
Seventeen point, uppercase, black on white or white on black
I rotate through twelve months and I never ask to be read
Nine lines, and I am only the voice they were given
[bridge]
"WARNING: Smoking during pregnancy can harm your baby."
"WARNING: Tobacco smoke causes fatal lung disease in nonsmokers."
I have no advice, I am only printed here
I never promised you anything, remember that
[chorus]
"WARNING: Cigarettes cause fatal lung disease."
"WARNING: Cigarettes cause cancer."
"WARNING: Cigarettes cause strokes and heart disease."
"WARNING: Smoking can kill you."
I am not a friend, I am the thing you hold
So say it with me once, and then put me down
[outro]
"WARNING: Quitting smoking now greatly reduces serious risks to your health."
Read the ninth one slowly, it is the only door in here
"WARNING: Quitting smoking now greatly reduces serious risks to your health."
Say it once, and put me down
Idea and text: Pero · Music: AI-generated · Voice: synthetic
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