Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes: The Musical
Random Encounters
(Hotshot) Walk me through the basics
Give me everything you got
Is it angular? Rectangular?
We only got one shot

(Rookie) It’s a metal plated box
Sixty centimeters long-
(H) Kid, the devil’s in the details
So don’t get the details wrong

(R) There’s a timer in the center
And three buttons to the right
Labeled Echo, Bravo, Tango
With a tiny amber light-

(H) If the Bravo’s in the middle
And the Tango’s to the port
Hold down Echo seven seconds
And then give me a report

(R) Something is wrong and the bomb’s still tickin…
(H) Seems to me like the plot has thickened…
(R) Mission control, I could use a code…
(H) Well, just keep talking and no one will explode!
(R) "Thanks for the encouragement?"
(H) "We're dealing with a boomer here, kid, you wanna die playing pretend, or keeping it real?"
(R) "I don't wanna die period!"
(H) "Great kid! Keep that optimism."

There are thirty-something digits
On the back-up power node
Add them all to pi and multiply
By four to find your code

If the power node is yellow
Put the code in in reverse
Once we’ve finally fried the override
I’ll try to keep it terse

Reach inside the side compartment
Pull the lever, vent the vapor
Then fill out the crossword puzzle
On page 5 of Sunday’s paper

Once you finish, you’ll initiate
A reset protocol
In the form of a Sudoku puzzle
That you’ll need to solve

(R) Copy that, but the puzzle’s blocked
By a CAPTCHA code and it’s combo locked…
(H) Sounds like we’re playing on Expert Mode…
So just keep talking and no one will explode!

(H) "Now listen carefully, one mistake and I'll be talking to myself
I need you to yank the battery."
(R) "Uh... what battery?"
(H) "You're kidding, guess we're doing this the hard way."

There’s an image in the corner-
Cross your eyes and hold it near
If you back away and focus
Something 3D should appear-

(R) It’s an alligator!  (Try again.)
A… dolphin?  (Come on, kid, focus!)
…Santa with a trombone?
(H) …sure, we’ll go with that

Now open up the lower tray
And take the Scrabble letters
Cause you’ll need to spell a word with them
That’s fifty points or better

Once you have the panel open
Do the Rubik’s Cube inside
Better move a little quicker
Or I’ll tell them all you died
(R) I’ve uncovered several wires
Colored purple, red, and yellow-
(H) If the yellow’s in the middle
Kill off Raph and Donatello

But if two are slightly salmon
Or the yellow’s kind of green
Snip whichever wire’s higher
And the wires In between
(R) "...What?"
(H) "Y'know, actually just, yeah, cut them"
(R) "All of them."
(H) "That's right."
Write the lyrics for a rock song made in 2019, titled "Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes: The Musical", by artist "Random Encounters".