[Niko]
Waking up to the break of dawn. I'm aching all
Over and shaky from... What am I shaking from?
What am I saying? Why am I at the bakery front?
And this button? It's vaguely familiar but,

I can't recall it. I'm barely all there. I'm scared,
And honestly, I'm lost here all because I..

Don't know where I'm going to finally jog these
Memories straight, but I'd rather ride on a car. See
On to instrumental matters. Why do I got this mental clatter
Just after I stand, cause I'm banged up and I'm tatters,

But it'd be easy to ask if you remember
What happened in September. This can't be all I ever
Grew up with. Everything's busted,
Dancing in the embers of this mass destruction.

Past the junction, looking around, inside and out.
Despising how even a woman and child could die and drown,
Buried in cries and shouts as lives of thousands
Burn up in the sky and clouds. Ignite the mounds of

Bodies just lying 'bout in a pyre as a final respite.
Pay my respect, but somehow, my face is stuck wide with a smile.
My mind isn't made up, but why can't I really make what I'm thinking hide
My excitement, cause right now, I think I might feel like I'm alive again!

[Niko & Ditherer]
I can't remember
What happened in September,
When everything is gone,
When it's dark and I'm alone.

It's been forever
Since I could have remembered.
Where the hell is everypony?
I just want to know the story
Of what happened right before
I became so alone.

[Ditherer]
Stuck in a fugue state.
Winter comes and he’s functionally too late.
He remembers his true fate.
Ghouls stay creeping, soon he’ll lose face, soon he’ll lose face.

Under his eyes, you can plunder his mind
For the memories of running, abducting supplies
To construct a device to help ponies leave
Springtime and summer behind. It’s a punch in the eye,

And now sounds in the dark ask why.
He looks up at the char-blackened star-lacking sky.

It churns with dust, he don’t yearn for much.
Answer what voices in the dirt discuss.
He only shoved ‘em to the deadline.
What ponies needed was an usher to the next life.

And now he wanders the wastes to find holdouts.
Even one prosperous place is too bold now,
Cause nopony really likes life in their core
They just forget getting frightened of finding the door.

Once he has enough to format the parts, he
Dictates his story like Cormac McCarthy.
No laughs or parties, soul-black safari
Death’s a museum that tore back the art piece.

[Niko & Ditherer]
Still can't remember
What happened in September,
Back when everypony died,
Trails of blood during my stride.

I just discovered
The ponies were defeated
By something really strong.
It seemed very weird and wrong.
It just doesn't belong
Like it came out of this world.

[Ditherer]
This is your redemption day everypony!
Go away from me...
Stay away from me...
Go away!
You can't touch me now!
You see this button here!?
I'm gonna press it!

I just remembered
What happened in September.

[Ditherer & Niko]
I'm the one who killed them all!
I survived after the fall!