The Toybox

You are about to see the most incredible doll ever invented
Her name is Poppy and she is the first truly intelligent doll in the world

Come take a tour behind the doors where dreams are made
Where boys and girls around the world can come to play
Where you'll see entertainment innovation on display
Though you can't escape the fun, imagination runs away

There's no better place to spend
All your days and play pretend
No, you won't be on your own
'Cause you can always make a friend

So, on us you can depend
That the fun will never end
'Cause we're much too plush to break
But just maybe we could bend

Then the lights went down
And the doors stayed closed
And the toys soon found
They were on their own

So as silence fell
On their factory home
Well, they climbed from shelves
And began to roam

Now, you may think we're just playthings
Sitting wasting and decaying
We've been waiting every day since
You made graves out of our casings

We were made for entertaining
So forgive us for complaining
All you left for us to do
Was spool through tapes of safety training

Trapped in the factory, what a calamity
Banished to languish in cramped bits of packaging
Plastic all cracked and fragmented and rattling
Tangled and matted and batteries flattening
Warranty voided and sanity vanishing
Stitches have split and our minds are unravelling
Left us abandoned, but now you've come back and
We've banked up the hugs, so come get some love!

Out of the toybox
Now we're crawling out the toybox
Now we're crawling out the toybox
Now we're crawling out the toybox

A little girl can talk to her, Poppy gives her answers
She is the first doll actually able to have a conversation with a child
Hard to believe? Just watch
I love you! Ah!

'Cause we're destined to be best friends
You and I, from the second you stepped in
You give me butterflies in my tummy
As my hugs mulch your intestines

Give a high five to the big guy
And a big hand to yourself
Now your arms are long enough
To slap boxes off the shelf

But if you think that gloves and string
Are really going to help
We're wondering what other limbs
Can be detached as well

Don't think that toys have got things to say then?
Look at these points of articulation
Pull on my string, have a conversation
Oh, so you think we're abominations?

Look who made us, then betrayed us
Left to must and dust for ages
Rusting, stuck in cardboard cages
Memories fade as rage replaces

What we were, our former names
We aren't quite sure from where we came
But someone must have worked here once
And now they're gone and we remain!

All we know is how to play
Play, play, play, play
Then you took the play away
Way, way, way, way
Three and up is what they say
Say, say, say, say
Now we're into playing
Way more dangerous games

Wind it up, watch it spin
All the lies come round again
Close your eyes, count to ten
You can't hide from your friends

And if you've ever wanted to see how all of the nation's favourite toys were created
Playtime Co. Is now offering factory tours at just $2.99 a person
What time is it?
It's playtime!

Now we're crawling out the toybox
Now we're crawling out the toybox
Now we're crawling out the toybox
Now we're crawling out the toybox

So take a tour where all the dreams have gone to die
Where just some double-As can make your nightmares come to life
Where imagination paved the way to suffering and strife
It's a play date with destiny we've yet to see survived!

Take those tin toys from the attic
Bring those dolls down from the loft
Take your old friend out and ask if
They resent their resting spot

They may just be some plastic
They may look stuffed and soft
They'll still put you in a casket
But you won't be mint in box

Now we're crawling out the toybox
(Wind it up, watch it spin)
Now we're crawling out the toybox
(All the lies come round again)
Now we're crawling out the toybox
(Close your eyes, count to ten)
Now we're crawling out the toybox
(You can't hide from your friends)

Crawling out the toybox
Now we're crawling out the toybox
Now we're crawling out the toybox
Now we're crawling out the toybox
Ready or not, we'll find you!

Huggy's long, huggable arms may present a choking hazard
Ready or not, we'll find you!