DVD King, Best Seller Ever

Lyrics

[Intro]
I remember the smell.
Fresh molded plastic and printed paper.
October 26, 2000.
Your shell, not black, not beige, but that perfect, serious gray.

[Verse 1]
Ken Kutaragi dreamed you up.
He knew the secret.
It wasn't just polygons and frame rates.
He put the movies inside you.
That whir.
That was the sound of the plan.
A disc spins, a laser reads.
Is it a game?
Is it a film?
Yes.

[Chorus]
You were the Trojan Horse in the living room.
A DVD player first, they said.
The perfect excuse.
And you took the whole house.
The best-selling ever.
The numbers don't lie.
You were the king.

[Verse 2]
They lined up at midnight, not just for the controllers.
They lined up for Hollywood in a box.
For the family movie night you made possible.
The kids got their games, the parents got their films.
You served everyone.
You belonged to everyone.

[Chorus]
You were the Trojan Horse in the living room.
A DVD player first, they said.
The perfect excuse.
And you took the whole house.
The best-selling ever.
The numbers don't lie.
You were the king.

[Bridge]
So many others fought for that space under the television.
With louder promises, with stranger shapes.
But you... you just worked.
You played the discs they already owned.
You made it easy.
And after the game was over, you hummed quietly, warming the carpet with your exhaust, playing a story until we fell asleep.

[Outro]
One hundred and fifty-five million homes.
The undisputed one.
The king.