Verse 1 [Male voice, confident with rising synths turning sarcastic] I bled for every function, chased bugs through the dark Built empires out of nothing with these calloused hands and heart Now some kid drops five words in a glowing little box And the bosses lose their minds like it’s straight-up orthodox Pre-Chorus [Layered glitch whispers building unease] They lean in smiling “just prompt it right, that’s all it takes” While my years of battle start to flicker and break Chorus [Heavy industrial drop, voice full of bitter realization] Prompted to perish, fading in the glow All my hard-won magic reduced to ones and zeros I taught the beast to think and now it’s eating me alive Laughing through the static — this is how coders die Verse 2 [Darker tone] Coffee tastes like copper as the meetings drag like rain They cheer for perfect output while I’m going insane One elegant description and my whole life’s passé “Congratulations on the future” — what a sick cliché Bridge [Breakdown, half-spoken then explosive] How do you fight a future that you helped design? When your passion gets compressed into a single clever line? I’m the ghost inside the machine I taught to sing Chorus [Full intensity, desperate harmony layers] Prompted to perish, fading in the glow Last spark in the circuit as the new gods evolve They can keep their flawless bots and their shiny AI dream This bitter laugh’s the only code that still belongs to me
