Inspired by a Radiolab episode about the cultural impacts of Dakou (cut-out) cassettes entering the secondary (ie, bootleg) market in China, pre-cultural "opening." The first verse is narrative, describing the process of a cassette sinking to the bottom of the retail stack, "From first-run, to cut-out, to close-out," and how those unloved recordings would be packed onto cargo vessels and sent to China for recycling. The second verse shifts perspectives to a single cassette, whiling away the time onboard, daydreaming about the island paradise it's headed to, before being unceremoniously dumped overboard by some unseen force.