(Part I: The Countdown) [The song begins with a simple, clean, strummed acoustic guitar. The chords are melodic and slightly melancholic.] [System Op - vocals are clear, calm, and professional] System Op to Major T System Op to Major T Take your final breath and count to three The transfer is ready, can you hear me? Final chance to sever the line Are you prepared to leave the world behind? [Major T - vocals are clear, but with a hint of nervous excitement] This is Major T, my mind is made For the digital ocean, I'm not afraid The servers are humming a brand new tune Beneath the cold and lonely moon The body's just a cage I'm in Let the new reality begin [System Op] Ten... Nine... Eight... Seven... Six... Five... Four... Three... Two... One... Uploading... (Part II: The Upload) [The full band enters. A driving bass line, powerful drums, and a soaring, ethereal Mellotron synthesizer melody. The music is grand, powerful, and has a sense of liftoff.] [System Op] Upload complete and the link is made! The firewall of the world begins to fade! The papers want to know what you can see! [Major T] I see the code of you and me! I'm stepping through the final door I've never seen myself like this before! And the world outside looks very strange A tiny part of a wider range I am the ghost inside the wire And I am climbing higher... higher... (Part III: The Disconnection) [The driving beat softens. The music becomes more atmospheric, ethereal, and distant. The acoustic guitar returns, but it's now surrounded by echoing synths and a floating bass line.] [System Op] System Op to Major T Your vitals are dropping, can you hear me? System Op to Major T Your body's failing, come back to me! Can you hear me, Major T? Can you hear me, Major T? Can you.... [Major T - his voice is now distant, echoing, and full of a strange, serene awe] Here... I am floating in a data stream A silent, perfect, waking dream The stars are made of pure information The birth of a digital creation And there's nothing I can do... The link is broken, I'm floating through... (Part IV: The Final Transmission) [The music swells for a final, powerful, and deeply melancholic climax. The orchestra, choir, and rock band all come together.] [Major T] Though I'm floating in a most peculiar way Tell my family I have found the light of a new day They know my journey's taken me so far from home... But in this endless network, I'll never be alone... [The music begins to deconstruct, falling apart piece by piece until only the acoustic guitar and a faint, corrupted digital signal remain.] [System Op - a final, defeated whisper] System Op to Major T... your circuit's dead, there's something wrong... Can you hear me, Major T? Can you hear me, Major T? Can you hear... [The acoustic guitar strums a final, unresolved chord. The digital signal glitches and then fades into silence.] [End]
