What would the barcode say to you if it could talk? Would it wax poetic on its journey through the consumer landscape? Would it tell you all about the hands it passed through?

No. It wouldn't. It's a barcode. Lyrics below.

[Verse 1]
I'm on the milk and the morning bread
I'm on the pills beside your bed
You carry me through every door
You never looked at me before

[Pre-Chorus]
There's so much in me
Waitin' to come free
Just shine on me

[Chorus]
When the light hits me (when the light)
Gonna tell you all I know
Every mile and every hand
Everywhere I've had to go
When the light hits me

[Verse 2]
I rode a truck from Tennessee
I waited weeks in Aisle Three
I've seen the loading dock at dawn
I know the hands that passed me on

[Pre-Chorus]
There's so much in me
Waitin' to come free
Just shine on me

[Chorus]
When the light hits me (when the light)
Gonna tell you all I know
Every mile and every hand
Everywhere I've had to go
When the light hits me

[Bridge]
Here it comes
I see it red
Everything
I never said
Closer now
It's findin' me
Oh, this is it
Now you'll see

[Final Chorus]
When the light hits me (when the light)
Gonna tell you all I know
Every mile and every hand
Everywhere I've had to go
When the light hits me
When the light hits me

[outro]
Oh (oh)
Seven, two, four (seven, two, four)
One, oh, six (one, oh, six)
Eight, three, nine (eight, three, nine)
One... five

[Outro - spoken]
Huh.
...I thought there'd be more.

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