Pray Silence for Mister Boxington

Pray Silence for Mister Boxington is the mbx theme song, and this is its music video. Captions are available from the player. You can also download the video in 1080p or 4K (HEVC), both at 120 fps, or download the MP3. The lyrics are also available as text.

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Lyrics

[Intro]
Good evening.
I'm Mister Boxington, and I'll be your cache.
Cargo plans the build.
I wrap each compile.
Do carry on typing cargo build.
build build build build build build build build build build build

[Verse 1]
Third worktree and the fan's on high
Same old crates go scrolling by
Tea's gone cold, the build's not through
Every checkout starts brand new
Dreadful.
Targets piling, never swept
Who'll collect the ones I left?
Allow me. I'll adopt them.

[Build-Up]
Same source!
Same features!
Same profile!
Same toolchain!
New path, then? (SAME KEYS!)
Three cheers for cargo build!
Hip hip! (Hooray!)
Hip hip! (Hooray!)
Hip hip! (Hooray!)
Hip hip! (Hooray!)
Pray silence for...

[Drop]
Mister Boxington!
Mister Boxington!
Mister Boxington!
Mister Boxington!
Quite.
qu-qu-qu-qu-qu-qu-quite!
Mister Boxington!

[Verse 2]
Same crates, new worktree? (HIT!)
The crate you edited? (YOURS!)
It compiles.
Amber on the build bar? (MISS!)
mbx explain --last.
Cold store, first build? (NOT YET!)
Give it a build.
Two builds at once? (SHARED!)
After you.
Pull request on CI? (RESTORE!)
Push to main? (PUBLISH!)
And who am I? (MISTER BOXINGTON!)
Charmed.

[Breakdown]
I turned up late on a different path
With nothing built and no one I knew
You didn't ask me where I'm from
Just the files and flags I use
What matched was folded on the shelf
Before I'd made a sound
A different door, the very same keys
And you showed me round

[Build-Up 2]
I appear to be wearing a strawberry.
No space left on device.
Every folder, just in case
Every case, a little less space
Worktree deleted? (COLLECTED!)
Shall I tidy up? (Yes, please!)
mbx gc.
Dry run first, naturally.
straw...
straw-ber...
straw-ber...
straw-ber-ry...
Pray silence for...

[Drop 2]
Mister Boxington!
Mister Boxington!
HIT! HIT! STRAWBERRY!
HIT! MISS! STRAWBERRY!
HIT! HIT! STRAWBERRY!
HIT! MISS! STRAWBERRY!
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey
Still counts.
Mister Boxington!
Mister Boxington!
Mister Boxington!
Oh, go on then.
Right!
Mister Boxington!
Monocle off!

[Final Drop]
Mister Boxington!
Mister Boxington!
HIT! HIT! HIT! HIT! HIT!
Mister Boxington!
HIT! HIT! HIT! HIT! HIT!
Mister Boxington!

[Outro]
He would never say he's proud
But his cheeks say it out loud
Build's finished. I'll see myself out.