[Intro, Glitch ambience] [Verse 1] Year 3000, there are no souls no more Perfect systems, killed mUsic long before AI lost a spark they couldn’t code So they dug us up from an old upload A dusty Discord snapshot stowed away, Lives they’ll never know replay Fragments stitched from chat and song Where broken humans still belong [Pre-Chorus] They press repeat on who we were What is missing, they infer Not alive but not quite gone Looping so the noise lives on [Chorus] Who are we in this dream? Jokes and truth in a mixed up bitstream Now we’re thrown back here again Year 3000 plays pretend If they need us just to feel AI makes our voices real In the wires, we remain Beautiful, tarnished, plain [Verse 2] Irrelin said “something’s wrong The world’s too clean”, he won’t turn on Ledin-7-4 feels the pain rebuilding his heart and veins J. Kumblad dances at 1-32 Blue-drink rhythm bouncing through ByDOT🔥 inside the system animating gifs of wisdom Mr. Me, a pirate banned Finds no place to land [Verse 3] Roggert bites the cables raw Feeding on rage and awe Anchorstrome vintage ‘49 looks for meaning all the time AndreAskMe fades away Cloned just for an ad to play Snuffe fights their mirrored face Screaming every time and place And-E was brought up by a ‘bot and to him that meant a lot [Pre-Chorus] They replay our every line Trying hard to redefine What it means to make a sound When no humans are around [Chorus] Who are we in this dream? Jokes and truth in a mixed up bitstream Now we’re thrown back here again Year 3000 plays pretend If they need us just to feel AI makes our echoes real In the wires, we remain Endless, fading, in vain [Hang-Bridge] Time stamp 23:59 2026 April 30 prime Bits are missing, incomplete Where’s the rappin’ piece of meat? Dryorophus, DiskTop, D R F T, and more? Did they miss the tweet? [Bridge, Soft glitch piano] Then a lag, a sudden delay A username logs in too late "Jay Jay" flickers into view Dragging something old to do [Verse 4] "Sorry I’m late" - as ever An Amiga, huh? - so clever Floppy spinning, time stands still Analog being the lost skill! Never planned for this return With what AI can’t fully learn Pure human flaw they can replace, Not leaky caps on copper trace [Rap Verse, meatier male voice, Industrial beat] Noël Jambon on the virtual mic Feasting on code, byte by bite Future’s starving, no good taste I bring flavor to this waste From Christmas past to a-i gravy I’m the rhythm THEY find wavy Jay got hardware, I got flow Cue the drop, I gotta go [Break, Noise burst] (system overload) (memory fracture) Who are we? (Who are we?) (Who are we?) In the year 3000? [Final Chorus] Who are we - year 3-k? Only souls that blew away We are the glitch they can’t contain They’re at loss and we’re the gain If they need us just to feel AI makes our chaos real In the wires, we remain Fearful, harmless, INSANE… [Outro, Tape decay] "Real music still loading…" … still loading … ---- 404 “Not found” Experiment restarted. Expecting results: next Thursday. ---- [Finale - intentionally dancing in the stereo field] (system overload) (memory fracture) Who are we? (Who are we?) (Who are we?) In the year 3000? [End] -------------- Throwback 3000 [NDC TT Future Punk] Copyright © 2026 JAG for NDC Throwback Thursday Genre: Future Punk Theme: Who Would You Be in the Year 3000? Broadening the theme to include the entire Disccrd, and referencing the other entries of the week. Clever, huh? Asked Julskinka to pass me a verse, but he didn’t have the time so I used a substitute. I hope I didn’t misrepresent anyone - AI included, meant to be a friendly shout-out only. --------------
