Lemon Demon - Cabinet Man

Cabinet Man performed by Lemon Demon

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[ramsanders]

I love how it implies that the change collection area is representative of the lungs("two lungs collecting change"), then saying "it's getting hard to breathe" when nobody plays the game anymore and no more change goes through the change collection. It's this level of consistency and storytelling in his songs that makes me love his music so much

[trabajodeinformatica]

as a non native english speaker i first heard this song, understood absoluetly nothing and then promptly added it to my playlist cause its a banger anyways

[neilnordegirl]

guys... unfortunate realization it is possible that this didn't actually happen on christmas eve bc cabinet man said 'i think it's christmas eve' because there was nobody inside the arcade... he assumd it was a holiday... my day is ruined

[katcat]

the suspense of the "now they see my blood. on their sneakers" is so fucking

[batlilyan]

This song is the reason why I started listening to Lemon Demon

[Snackolotl]

Okay, so to sorta summarize what's happening here:

- Man somehow becomes fused with arcade machine in his workshop. The machine is sustaining him, somehow, and everybody assumes he died. In the most literal sense, his guts have fused with the electronics.

- He subsists entirely on quarters and leftover food for years. Nobody sees him in the machine, he is the most popular game, closest he's felt to being loved.

- Nintendo releases their NES console, killing the arcade industry. ("little box in japan")

- Arcade closes, man assumes it's Christmas.

- Some vandals come to destroy and rob the abandoned machine. He gets knocked over, spraypainted, and eventually the screen gets smashed.

- Vandals get blood on their shoes and realize there's a living corpse inside of the machine.

Song is probably a metaphor for the rise and fall of the arcade industry (or entertainment in general), the blood, sweat, and tears poured into game development, and the fact that these machines become literal waste after their prime has ended. An artist's life ends when people forget/kill his creation, not him. The "blood" in this case is a metaphor for the years of influence the game likely had. The use of "sneakers" may even be a reference to the longtime influence the games we grow up with have on us and how they shape us as people.

[DarthBHorse]

the line "this must be what love *would have* felt like" is really something

[freshcupofangst]

It's Christmas Eve as I write this.

Rest in peace Cabinet Man, you were my favorite human-machine hybrid.

[Oxymoron]

This song has such an 80s vibe to it... I love it!

[gvlle]

My son shared this song with me.
I have an awesome son.

[Skaterlights]

Love listening to this on repeat when its Christmas eve instead of any Christmas music

[Pebbles.]

Hey, it's Christmas Eve! Let's break into an old arcade, find an old machine, spray paint it, bash the screen it, and tip it over! What could go wrong?

[teardropcrepecake]

why does this song give me the feeling before tripping down stairs

[KingMarriott]

This is one of my favorite Lemon Demon songs.

[jemmerl]

I love how the start of the song is some of the most replayed part, meaning many people wanna hear it again!

[edgenogg]

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 the 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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-da-da-da
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-da-da-da
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba-ba

[imsleppy]

HAPPY CABINET MAN GETS HIS SHIT ROCKED DAY!!! <3

[aflyinggremlin]

I can't believe neil cicierega invented arcades. What will this genius come up with next?

[ILoveBowieYayy]

Lyrics because I didnt see them anywhere:

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 the 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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-da-da-da
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-da-da-da
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba-ba

[ancient_bam]

One of these days I need to get in a brain scanner so scientists can figure out what the fuck is going on when I hear this absolute masterpiece because it gives me a fucking full body reaction and I love it. It's like the song itself understands me somehow. It touches my insides. I've listened to it almost every day for the past two years, sometimes on loop for hours at a time, and it still stays amazing. It hacks my brain. Even when I'm crying and shitting my guts out on the toilet at 3am, Cabinet Man makes it better. I cannot describe how much this song has helped me. I'm not obsessed you're obsessed