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	Cabinet Man is the third track on [[Spirit Phone]].		'''Cabinet Man''' is the third track on [[Spirit Phone]].
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 Cabinet Man is the third track on [[Spirit Phone]].
-In the album's commentary track, [[Neil Cicierega|Neil]] explains inspirations for the song:<blockquote>"This is supposed to be the kind of ludicrous story that would show up in an old horror anthology, like Creepshow, with lots of creative gore and vivid lights."
+"There is the urban legend of Polybius, a weird 80s arcade game that made people sick, and lose their minds, and die- but, the body horror element where a guy somehow medically transplants all his systems into a video game cabinet… not sure what I was doing when I came up with that one."</blockquote>The song is the third most popular [[Lemon Demon]] song on Spotify, where it currently has 70,000,000+ streams.
-" There is the urban legend of Polybius, a weird 80s arcade game that made people sick, and lose their minds, and die- but, the body horror element where a guy somehow medically transplants all his systems into a video game cabinet… not sure what I was doing when I came up with that one."</blockquote>The song is the third most popular [[Lemon Demon]] song on Spotify, where it currently has 70,000,000+ streams.
+==History==
 ==Lyrics==

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	I'm half human and half machine</nowiki>		I'm half human and half machine</nowiki>

			== Trivia ==

			* There is a [[Cabinet Man (Demo)\|demo version]] of this song from 2009 included as a bonus track in the [[Needlejuice Records\|Needlejuice]] Release.

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	I won't hurt you unless you cheat		I won't hurt you unless you cheat
	You can't see me behind the screen		You can't see me behind the screen
	I'm half human and half machine		I'm half human and half machine</nowiki>
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	" There is the urban legend of Polybius, a weird 80s arcade game that made people sick, and lose their minds, and die- but, the body horror element where a guy somehow medically transplants all his systems into a video game cabinet… not sure what I was doing when I came up with that one."</blockquote>The song is the third most popular [[Lemon Demon]] song on Spotify, where it currently has 70,000,000+ streams.		" There is the urban legend of Polybius, a weird 80s arcade game that made people sick, and lose their minds, and die- but, the body horror element where a guy somehow medically transplants all his systems into a video game cabinet… not sure what I was doing when I came up with that one."</blockquote>The song is the third most popular [[Lemon Demon]] song on Spotify, where it currently has 70,000,000+ streams.

			==Lyrics==
			<nowiki>The day they found me, I hadn't yet been played
			Inside my workshop behind the old arcade
			Electric desires had unraveled all my wires
			Now I'm in a box for safekeeping
			The news reporters reported that I died
			But all my organs were living on inside
			Circuit board to brain with two lungs collecting change
			One big human heart gently beeping

			[Chorus]
			You can't win me, I can't be beat
			I won't hurt you unless you cheat
			You can't see me behind the screen
			I'm half human and half machine

			[Verse 2]
			Thank God for business, they let me take the floor
			I stood so proudly, like I was going to war
			Players soon appeared and I quickly was revered
			This must be what love would have felt like
			Such dedication, they came from miles away
			With eyes so piercing, they'd wait their turn to play
			Perfect patient lines, because I was in their minds
			I could do whatever I felt like (Whatever I felt like)
			[Chorus]
			You can't win me, I can't be beat
			I won't hurt you unless you cheat
			You can't see me behind the screen
			I'm half human and half machine

			[Bridge]
			I'm happy for years and years and
			Only eating the occasional maintenance man
			Only driving a few kids to madness
			Maybe they were predisposed to madness, who knows?
			I only want to have fun
			But now they're telling me my days here are done
			Cause there's a tiny little box that they make in Japan
			And pretty soon it's gonna fit in your hand

			[Verse 3]
			It's getting lonely, it's getting hard to breathe
			The arcade's empty, I think it's Christmas Eve
			Someone's broken in, now they're painting on my skin
			Breaking me and taking my quarters
			Bashing in my face with a crowbar
			Kicking me and pushing me over
			Now they see my blood on their sneakers

			[Chorus]
			You can't win me, I can't be beat
			I won't hurt you unless you cheat
			You can't see me behind the screen
			I'm half human and half machine
			</nowiki>

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Cabinet Man is the third track on [[Spirit Phone]].

In the album's commentary track, [[Neil Cicierega|Neil]] explains inspirations for the song:<blockquote>"This is supposed to be the kind of ludicrous story that would show up in an old horror anthology, like Creepshow, with lots of creative gore and vivid lights."

" There is the urban legend of Polybius, a weird 80s arcade game that made people sick, and lose their minds, and die- but, the body horror element where a guy somehow medically transplants all his systems into a video game cabinet… not sure what I was doing when I came up with that one."</blockquote>The song is the third most popular [[Lemon Demon]] song on Spotify, where it currently has 70,000,000+ streams.

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	One big human heart gently beeping		One big human heart gently beeping

	~~[Chorus]~~
	You can't win me, I can't be beat		You can't win me, I can't be beat
	I won't hurt you unless you cheat		I won't hurt you unless you cheat
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	I'm half human and half machine		I'm half human and half machine

	~~[Verse 2]~~
	Thank God for business, they let me take the floor		Thank God for business, they let me take the floor
	I stood so proudly, like I was going to war		I stood so proudly, like I was going to war
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	Perfect patient lines, because I was in their minds		Perfect patient lines, because I was in their minds
	I could do whatever I felt like (Whatever I felt like)		I could do whatever I felt like (Whatever I felt like)
	~~[Chorus]~~
	You can't win me, I can't be beat		You can't win me, I can't be beat
	I won't hurt you unless you cheat		I won't hurt you unless you cheat
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	I'm half human and half machine		I'm half human and half machine

	~~[Bridge]~~
	I'm happy for years and years and		I'm happy for years and years and
	Only eating the occasional maintenance man		Only eating the occasional maintenance man
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	And pretty soon it's gonna fit in your hand		And pretty soon it's gonna fit in your hand

	~~[Verse 3]~~
	It's getting lonely, it's getting hard to breathe		It's getting lonely, it's getting hard to breathe
	The arcade's empty, I think it's Christmas Eve		The arcade's empty, I think it's Christmas Eve
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	Now they see my blood on their sneakers		Now they see my blood on their sneakers

	~~[Chorus]~~
	You can't win me, I can't be beat		You can't win me, I can't be beat
	I won't hurt you unless you cheat		I won't hurt you unless you cheat
	You can't see me behind the screen		You can't see me behind the screen
	I'm half human and half machine</nowiki>		I'm half human and half machine</nowiki>