NDC Throwback Thursday Genre: Chillwave Theme: A memory/Nostalgia ---------------------------------------------------- [Intro] There’s a hum in the wires of our CRT TV Showing "war of the ants", to an anxious me Cartridges stacked like a skyline of dreams Blowing dust into futures we couldn’t yet see [Verse 1] Dad at the door with a bag and a grin Weekend permission to let magic begin Names on the labels we’d learn by heart A new game, cold hands, let's press start Pixel by pixel we climbed through the night Lost every level, but God, it felt right You’d nudge my shoulder, “one more try?” And time would freeze in a cathode sky [Pre-Chorus] We didn’t know we were golden then Just passing lives through a TV screen Every defeat, every victory-cry Echoes that never quite said goodbye [Chorus] Ohhh, kings on a glowing screen You and me, you and me Ohhh, in the light of a memory You and me, you and me Press restart, and stay with me You and me, you and me [Verse 2] Amiga nights in a pitch black room Lemmings marching to their pixel doom You’d laugh too loud, I’d miss the plan We’d start again, and again, and again Lotus racing through endless roads Engine hum in our young blood flowed We’d crash, rewind, then push ahead With every word we never said [Pre-Chorus] We didn’t know what time would take How fast those glowing years would break But in that loop, in every frame We found a world without a name [Chorus] Ohhh, kings on a glowing screen You and me, you and me Ohhh, in the light of a memory You and me, you and me Press restart, and stay with me You and me, you and me [Bridge – breakdown] Megadrive nights, NHL ‘94 You slammed the pad, I hit the floor Then we’d laugh like nothing broke Just another brother’s joke PlayStation dreams on copied discs Living lives we couldn’t risk FIFA goals at 2AM We swore we’d never outgrow them PC glow in the quiet dawn CM3 — the seasons carried on Names and stats like sacred text Always chasing what came next [Build] And maybe we did grow apart But not enough to lose that spark It’s coded deep in who we are— A memory carved in like a scar [Final Chorus] Ohhh, kings on a glowing screen You and me, you and me Ohhh, every shout, every cheer You and me, you and me Every fall and every climb You and me, you and me [Outro] If I press start, you’re still with me— No game over, no goodbye— Just one more life… one more try..
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