Microsoft 2040

I’ve seen the lights go out at Blizzard
I saw the industry laid low
And life went on for all the casuals
They all got mobile games
And left us long ago
We partied hard in Classic Warcraft
And watched Activision implode
They shut our servers down
And drove us underground
But we went right on with the show

I've seen the lights go out at Blizzard
I saw employees on the streets
You know we almost didn't notice it
We'd seen it all the time in gaming journos’ beat
They burned the buildings of BioWare
All for some shady insurance fraud
The flames were everywhere
But no one really cared
In fact some came out to applaud

I've seen the lights go out at Blizzard
I've watched the mighty giants fall
The suits were waiting for their games to ship
The unions went on strike
They never worked at all
They sent a bailout straight from China
And picked Tim Sweeney up for free
CDPR had stayed
They blew EA away
And buried Nordic out at sea

You know those lights were bright at Blizzard
That was so many years ago
Before they all worked here at Microsoft
Before the yakuza bought out Bandai-Namco
There are not many who remember
They say a handful still survive
To tell the world about
The way the lights went out
And keep the memory alive