This Much Counts as One · Track 49 · middle
Pirate Ninja
Pirate Ninja — ~40.6 W — one kilowatt-hour per sol, from *The Martian*. Volume: VI. ABSURD. ANGLE: Survival arithmetic given a silly name because the alternative is panic. Sing the person or animal inside the unit, never the definition.
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Lyrics
The red dirt settles on the Mylar film I got twelve cold hours at the edge of the realm If I track the decimals, my chest gets tight So I throw the official manual into the night I need a measure that doesn’t sound like a grave For the miserable trickle I’m trying to save Come on, you Pirate Ninja, climb the wire Keep the life support humming, be my imaginary fire When the battery drops and the end gets near I just say a stupid word to drown out the fear It takes a childish joke to hold the black at bay Run, little Ninja, run until the day There’s a crimp in the tether where the rover caught the tread And a smear of grey epoxy on the solar bed My thumb knows the pulse of the charging blink Half a second before my tired brain can think It ain't a textbook metric from a sterile floor It’s a Saturday cartoon keeping death outside the door Come on, you Pirate Ninja, climb the wire Keep the life support humming, be my imaginary fire When the battery drops and the end gets near I just say a stupid word to drown out the fear It takes a childish joke to hold the black at bay Run, little Ninja, run until the day They sent me with rulers of silver and glass But a standard won’t joke with you out in the ash A proper name tells you exactly what you lack A stupid name laughs when the void looks back Come on, you Pirate Ninja, climb the wire Keep the life support humming, be my imaginary fire When the battery drops and the end gets near I just say a stupid word to drown out the fear It takes a childish joke to hold the black at bay Run, little Ninja, run until the day Yeah, the math is perfectly correct But the math doesn't care if my lungs give up Keep swinging, you ridiculous thing Just one more Just one more