Roll the cards, flip them slow
Two seats, two cynics, two believers in tow
We've got a film tonight

[Verse 1 - Male Vocal]
Pattinson on Niflheim, dying for a wage
Bong with a budget and a clone in a cage
Black comedy hard sci-fi, satire on a leash
Pitt in the credits, Ruffalo with the speech

[Verse 1 - Female Vocal]
I thought it was Brad in the suit on the bridge
Turns out he just paid for the privilege
Same difference — money is a kind of role
Plan B with a soul, or a cost-benefit goal

[Pre-Chorus - Duet, half-sung]
Did it work or did it strain?
Did it bite or just complain?
Did the laughter land the load?
Did the satire crack the code?

[Chorus - Duet, the hook]
Five stars, seventeen Mickeys
The expendable hero, the system that breeds
He's dying to save mankind, or maybe save the brand
Five stars, seventeen Mickeys
Sincere AND ironic, walking hand in hand
Metamodern landing on icy land

[Verse 2 - Male Vocal]
Rewind — Coen brothers in Minnesota snow
Fargo deadpan, Lebowski go-with-the-flow
Idiocracy laughing till the joke gets real
Mike Judge in oh-six, ahead of the wheel

[Verse 2 - Female Vocal]
Daniels with the rocks and the laundromat door
Parasite climbing what the staircase is for
Everything Everywhere, all of it true
The constellation's been building — we just named the view

[Chorus - Duet]
Five stars, seventeen Mickeys
Sincere AND ironic, walking hand in hand
Metamodern landing on icy land
Five stars, seventeen Mickeys
Take it on the chin, take it as it stands
Overnight successes — twenty years in the can

[Bridge - half-time, reflective, Rhodes and bass only]
[Spoken Word - alternating]
The reviewers were the form
Two chairs — one warm, one storm
We disagreed, we metabolized
We named the oscillation, we recognized
That sneer and faith could share a frame
That criticism, too, could play the game

[Final Chorus - Duet, full energy]
Five stars, seventeen Mickeys
A film, a federation, a fugitive faith
Mickey dies, Mickey wakes, the system stays the same
But the camera caught it — and we named the name
Five stars, seventeen Mickeys
Muscular metamodern, measure the message
Signal alive, transmission sending

[Outro - Sparse, Rhodes only, sign-off]
[Spoken Word - duet, soft]
Roll credits, dim the lights
Two voices, two votes
Until next week
Keep watching the strange ones
Keep watching the strange ones