[Intro]

A long, long time ago

I can still remember how that Rec Room was so unique

I know if I went back in time

Would tell them not to spend a dime, because this game will become very bleak

But full-body made me shiver

Wanting me to fall down a river

Bad news every update

The community would hate

I know that I was full of pride, thought microtransactions were a stride

Every one of us was so blind

The day that Rec Room died

[Chorus]

So bye virtual reality high

I lie my head down in my bed, just asking, "Oh Rec Room, why?"

No matter what I do, they just won't hear my outcry

Singin', "This'll be the day the game dies, this'll be the day the game dies"

[Verse 1]

Did you see that guy stacking chairs?

And this one's glitch-walking in the air

But they're all having fun, you know

Now have you seen that new screen mode?

Yeah, it's just been added to the code

But for level 30's it's been bestowed

Well I know of the sandbox machine

'Cause navigating through it is so clean, and we were broke, it's true

So we did a daily or two

I was a child with a weird humor, with a hockey helmet and a big blazer

I wish I would have been juniored the day that Rec Room died

I started singin'

[Chorus]

Bye virtual reality high

I lie my head down in my bed, just asking, "Oh Rec Room, why?"

No matter what I do, they just won't hear my outcry

Singin', "This'll be the day the game dies, this'll be the day the game dies"

[Verse 2]

Now, for five years it's had a decline

The game's filled with kids who beg and whine

But, that's not how it used to be

When Gribbly started craving that money

After introducing the screenie

Next up on the list was UGC

Oh, and while the players had no fear

Custom rooms made the end more near, we continued to play

Nothing got in our way

While the devs hosted live Q&A's

The players gave then all the praise

Didn't know we were in a haze

The day that Rec Room died

We were singin'

[Chorus]

Bye virtual reality high

I lie my head down in my bed, just asking, "Oh Rec Room, why?"

No matter what I do, they just won't hear my outcry

Singin', "This'll be the day the game dies, this'll be the day the game dies"

[Verse 3]

"Be excellent to each other"

The devs were hiding their true color

Big update every month or so

The playerbase was starting to grow

With VR only, was very low

But the screen mode was to make it overflow

Now, the first thing to cause commotion, they added walking locomotion

To this game we were drawn

(Oh, but wiggly bodies were gone!)

Although these cool features were quite small

It was the beginning of the downfall

Do you recall what changed it all?

The day that Rec Room died

We started singin'

[Chorus]

Bye virtual reality high

I lie my head down in my bed, just asking, "Oh Rec Room, why?"

No matter what I do, they just won't hear my outcry

Singin', "This'll be the day the game dies, this'll be the day the game dies"

[Verse 4]

Oh, and there we were in a perfect game

Nothing about it was in flames

We were truly in the glory days

So, come on, SandyStandee, shake my hand

Teach me the ropes of this Rec Room land

And hope Gribbly doesn't set you ablaze

Oh, and as I watched it slowly change

I began to become deranged

No player will relive

They took, we can't forgive

As the dollars filled them with greed and pride

The players had a sense of fright

I saw Gribbly laughing with delight

The day that Rec Room died

He was singin'

[Chorus]

Bye virtual reality high

I lie my head down in my bed, just asking, "Oh Rec Room, why?"

No matter what I do, they just won't hear my outcry

Singin', "This'll be the day the game dies, this'll be the day the game dies"

[Verse 5]

I met a friend with an RRO heart

From shooting paint and fighting in bars

But he just waved and went offline

I loaded up some ol' Laser Tag

To which hundreds of tickets I would bag

But some guy said the matches wouldn't start

And Paddleball lost zero-g

OG's mourned for the Sandbox Machine

But not a word was spoken

The voice slider was broken

And the devs I admire a lot

Gribbly, Shawn, and Nick Fajt

They turned into greedy robots

The day that Rec Room died

And they were singin'

[Chorus]

Bye virtual reality high

I lie my head down in my bed, just asking, "Oh Rec Room, why?"

No matter what I do, they just won't hear my outcry

Singin', "This'll be the day the game dies, this'll be the day the game dies"

They were singin'

Bye virtual reality high

I lie my head down in my bed, just asking, "Oh Rec Room, why?"

No matter what I do, they just won't hear my outcry

Singin', "This'll be the day the game dies"