Azeroth Addiction

Lyrics

[Intro]
The hum of the fan.
The warm plastic smell.
November 23, 2004.
My own room disappears in the glow of the CRT.

[Verse 1]
Another name in the server queue.
Ten thousand of us, waiting for the gates to open.
The cable modem blinks its steady prayer.
And then, the world renders.
Green hills I've never walked, but feel like I remember.
My hands learn new buttons.
My body forgets to be tired.
The pizza box is a coaster.

[Chorus]
And I give another night to Azeroth.
My real name is a ghost in this machine.
For the guild, for the quest, for the promise of the loot.
I am here.
My heart beats in Kalimdor.
My blood runs through the Barrens.

[Verse 2]
The sun comes up, a pale accusation on the blinds.
The empty cans of Mountain Dew stand like green glass sentinels.
Someone named Silverhand types, "Good morning."
He's in Ohio.
We have never met.
He is my brother.
And tonight, we are going to kill a dragon.

[Chorus]
And I give another night to Azeroth.
My real name is a ghost in this machine.
For the guild, for the quest, for the promise of the loot.
I am here.
My heart beats in Kalimdor.
My blood runs through the Barrens.

[Bridge]
I fell asleep in the chair last night.
Just for an hour.
And when I woke up, you were still there.
My character.
Running in place.
Facing the wall of the inn at Goldshire.
Running, running, running and going nowhere.
Just waiting for me to come back.

[Outro]
Who am I when the server goes down?
A deleted name on a realm that dies in a decade.
Just the faint ozone smell.
And the sound of you, running in my sleep.
Running home.