Once upon a Transistor

As the drain and source approach steady state
Currents flicker, voltages wane
Up ahead, I’ll be waiting at the gate

Charges flow while particles conjugate
Meandering across the threshold pane
As the drain and source approach steady state

One by one the switches relate
Passing tales of motion, of gain
Up ahead, I’ll be waiting at the gate

For when parasitic energy does not abate
You might be stalled along the chain
As the drain and source approach steady state

Even if the current cannot saturate
And you, trapped in that nonlinear region of strain
Up ahead, I’ll be waiting at the gate

Resistance is futile, can’t escape the fate
Of binary duality speeding over the plane
As the drain and source approach steady state
Up ahead, I’ll be waiting at the gate