Lyrics
[Chorus]
Our life is written in basic.
The simplest lines of code.
With no illegal function calls
and no title screens to load.
Despite the if then statements,
no user functions undefined
(and) even though our code's outdated
we've held up over time.
[Verse 1]
We bought an old C64 at a yard sale
That someone had left behind.
the disk in the drive was hitchhiker's guide
and it still loaded up just fine.
That classic seventeen oh-two
bathed the room in its warm glow.
So mesmerized by strings of code
as slowly line by line (by line) we'd go...
[Pre-Chorus]
Just like a for statement without a next. (whoah)
We're uncomplicated lines of text. (yeah!)
[Chorus]
Our life is written in basic.
The simplest lines of code.
With no illegal function calls
and no title screens to load.
Despite the if then statements,
no user functions undefined
(and) even though our code's outdated
baby we've held up over time.
[Verse 2]
We put an old Z64 in the closet,
I thought we had left behind.
The cartridge inside was corroded and fried
But the ten in one loaded just fine.
and as that familiar loading screen
bathed the room in its warm glow.
I realized we've simplified
our coding so we'll know..
[Pre-Chorus]
Just like a for statement without a next. (whoah)
We're just uncomplicated lines of text. (yeah!)
[Chorus]
Our life is written in basic.
The simplest lines of code.
With no illegal function calls
and no title screens to load.
Despite the if then statements,
no user functions undefined
(and) even though our code's outdated
baby we've held up over time.
[Bridge]
Line 10, Print WE'RE SO BASIC
Line 20, GOTO line 10...
[Guitar Solo]
[Synthesizer Solo]
[Pre-Chorus]
Just like a for statement without a next. (whoah)
We're just uncomplicated lines of text. (yeah!)
[Chorus]
Our life is written in basic.
The simplest lines of code.
With no illegal function calls
and no title screens to load.
Despite the if then statements,
no user functions undefined
(and) even though our code's outdated
baby we've held up over time.
[Chorus]
Our life is written in basic.
The simplest lines of code.
With no illegal function calls
and no title screens to load.
Despite the if then statements,
no user functions undefined
(and) even though our code's outdated
baby we've held up over time.
[Instrumental]
[Ending]
