[Intro — Emergency broadcast, low distorted synth] [Synthetic Voice] Security breach detected. City grid compromised. Initiating— [Whispered Male Vocal] Blackout Protocol. [Beat Drops] [Verse 1 — Cool, controlled delivery] Red cameras blinking from the rooftops Every corner knows our names Every screen keeps telling everybody How they’re supposed to behave You slide the access card across me With that trouble in your grin Say, “Give me sixty seconds, baby” And watch the whole damn city dim [Pre-Hook — Tension rising, ticking percussion] One by one the windows vanish Streetlights flicker out of time Then every camera turns to nothing And you look over at me like— [Spoken] “Now we’re alive.” [Hook — Massive techno drop, aggressive clean vocal] Blackout Protocol Kill the lights and let it go For once there’s nobody watching Nobody telling us where to go Blackout Protocol Let the whole grid lose control When the city disappears around us We become impossible to own Tonight they can’t track us Tonight they can’t stop us Flip the switch And watch it fall Blackout Protocol [Post-Hook — Glitched vocal chops] Black—black—blackout Protocol Black—black—blackout Lose control [Verse 2 — Faster, cockier delivery] Elevators frozen between floors Billboards dying mid-command People pouring into streets below Trying to remember how to understand You grab my wrist and pull me laughing Through a service door upstairs The whole skyline’s finally honest When there’s nothing glowing there [Pre-Hook — Rising arpeggio, breathless vocal] Sirens echo through the distance Backup power coming online You check the countdown on your screen Then say, “We’ve still got time.” [Hook — Bigger, harder percussion] Blackout Protocol Kill the lights and let it go For once there’s nobody watching Nobody telling us where to go Blackout Protocol Let the whole grid lose control When the city disappears around us We become impossible to own Tonight they can’t track us Tonight they can’t stop us Flip the switch And watch it fall Blackout Protocol [Bridge — Beat collapses to sub-bass and heartbeat pulse] Funny how the city feels different When nobody’s selling you a dream When every glowing advertisement Finally shuts up long enough to breathe You stand beside me in the darkness City stretching underneath And say, “Maybe this is what freedom looks like When nobody gets to see.” [Build — Percussion returning in layers] Backup grid at twenty percent You smile Thirty You step closer Forty The skyline starts waking up And you whisper— [Low, intimate vocal] “Do it again.” [High Note into Drop] SHUT IT ALL DOOOOOOWN! [Final Hook — Explosive techno climax, distorted harmonies] BLACKOUT PROTOCOL LET THE WHOLE SYSTEM OVERLOAD LET EVERY SCREEN GO DARK AROUND US TILL THERE’S NOTHING LEFT TO OWN BLACKOUT PROTOCOL WE WERE NEVER MEANT TO FOLLOW IF THEY TURN THE WHOLE WORLD BACK ON WE’LL JUST KILL THE POWER TOMORROW Tonight we’re untouchable Tonight we’re invisible You hit the switch I watch it fall Blackout Protocol [Outro — Power hum returning, filtered vocal] [Synthetic Voice] Grid restoration: ninety-nine percent. [Soft male vocal] You ready? [Click] [Total Silence] Blackout.
