[Verse 1]
If I were a core
Even just for a day
I'd roll out of "sleep-mode" in the morning
And slide along my management rail
Wake Chell from her sleep
And chase after birds.
I'd go wherever I wanted
If a test-subject was carrying me
Because they trusted me.

[Chorus]
If I were a core
I think I could understand
How it feels to be in power
I'd swear I'd be a better core
I'd listen to her
Because I'd know how it hurts
When you take over the facility
By taking her for granted
And everything she has gets destroyed

[Verse 2]
If I were a core...
I would test with the bots...
And try to kill Chell and PotatOS...
By crushing them with mashy-spike-plates.
I'd put myself first...
And built the tests as I go...
But I'd get banished into deep space...
With a core who is completely obsessed...
With Space.
[Chorus]
If I were a core
I think I could understand
How it feels to be in power
I'd swear I'd be a better core
I'd listen to her
Because I'd know how it hurts
When you take over the facility
By taking her for granted
And everything she has gets destroyed

[Bridge]
It's a little too late for you to come back.
Say it's just a mistake?
Think she'd forgive you like that?
If you thought she would let you back in, you thought wrong

[Outro]
But you're just a core
You don't understand (You don't understand)
How it feels to be in power
Someday you'll wish you were a better core
You don't listen to her
You now know that it hurts
When you took over the facility
By taking her for granted
And everything you had got destroyed