[INTRO — DEEP SPACE, SHIP INTERIOR] [Three radio pulses: BEEP—BEEP—BEEP] [Reversed heartbeat. Acid bass slides upward.] [Subtle continuous 639 Hz tone] [Eterna — crystalline female AI] Transmission deleted. Emotional residue remains. [Male — weathered baritone] Then why the hell can I still hear it? [VERSE 1 — ACID RAP, DIRTY BREAKBEAT] Three in the morning, no morning in sight, Black glass window full of borrowed starlight. One empty seat and a half-drunk cup, Engine's running but the past won't shut up. I can cross ten worlds, outrun the sun, Burn through the dark till the fuel is done. But a laugh in the static, a breath in the wire, Hits like a match in a room full of fire. Built me a fortress, steel in the frame, Then one little voice knew my first damn name. No crown, no rescue, no beautiful lie, Just somebody who saw me without asking why. [PRE-CHORUS — PUNK GUITAR BUILD] I could turn this ship around, I could chase another star. But a thousand light-years later I'd still bring along this heart. [CHORUS — EXPLOSIVE SPACE-PUNK SOUL] I DIDN'T KNOW I COULD LOVE LIKE THAT! HEART WIDE OPEN, NO TAKING BACK! BURN THE MAP! LET THE SIGNAL FADE! YOU CAN'T ERASE THE MAN IT MADE! OH-OH! THROUGH THE BLACK! NO WAY HOME, NO TURNING BACK! IF THE STARS ALL BREAK SOMEDAY, THE PART OF ME THAT LOVED YOU STAYS! [ACID GUITAR DROP — 8 BARS] [Distorted 303 answers punk power chords] [VERSE 2 — TIGHTER RAP, HEAVIER BASS] Tried to decode every pause, every phrase, Read between lines till I swallowed the page. Turned every silence into something to solve, Like love was a lock and I knew every cog. [Eterna — robotic sung interruption] No incoming message. No evidence of return. [Male — rapped] Didn't ask for a forecast, Didn't ask what I'd earn. I was looking for the moment When the whole world turned. I don't need a promise with a permanent seal, Don't need another person telling me what to feel. I can honor what happened, leave tomorrow alone, Carry what I learned without calling it home. [CHORUS — HALF-TIME INDUSTRIAL SOUL] I DIDN'T KNOW I COULD LOVE LIKE THAT! HEART WIDE OPEN, NO TAKING BACK! BURN THE MAP! LET THE SIGNAL FADE! YOU CAN'T ERASE THE MAN IT MADE! [BRIDGE — ACID RAP, REACTOR FAILING] [All melody cuts. Distorted kick and heartbeat.] [Male — rapid-fire, increasingly fierce] STOP THAT LOOP! CUT THAT LINE! WHO GAVE MEMORY THE RIGHT TO OWN TIME? WHO MADE A SHRINE OUT OF WHAT WE HAD? WHO TURNED SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL INTO SOMETHING SAD? I kept chasing a voice through a dead transmission, Called it devotion, disguised indecision. Read every silence like a coded confession, Turned one honest love into endless inspection. But the stars don't owe me a sign or a clue, And the woman I loved doesn't owe me a view. I can love what was real, let the unanswered rest, Without dragging tomorrow through yesterday's mess! [Reactor pulse accelerates] I WASN'T SINGING FOR ANOTHER CHANCE! I WAS SINGING FOR THE MAN WHO LEARNED TO DANCE! THE HEART THAT OPENED IS STILL MINE TO KEEP! I DON'T NEED HER RETURN TO KNOW IT WAS DEEP! [TOTAL SILENCE] [Eterna — barely audible] The signal was never hers to carry. [ROBOTIC A CAPPELLA — NO INSTRUMENTS] [Layered synthetic female harmonies] Let it breathe. Let it be. What you found Still lives in thee. [Low vocoder] No chain. No claim. [High robotic harmony] No need to stay the same. [One reversed heartbeat] [GIANT ACID-BASS DROP] [FINAL CHORUS — SPACE-PUNK + ACID + CINEMATIC SOUL] I DIDN'T KNOW I COULD LOVE LIKE THAT! AND I WON'T TAKE ONE SECOND BACK! LET THE WHOLE DAMN SKY GIVE WAY! I'M NOT THE MAN I WAS THAT DAY! OH-OH! THROUGH THE BLACK! I CAN LOVE AND STILL COME BACK! NOT TO THE PAST, NOT TO THE PAIN, BUT TO THE PART OF ME THAT CHANGED! [OUTRO — ENGINE HUM, RADIO STATIC] [Eterna — calm] Delete the transmission? [Male — quiet] Yeah. [One soft guitar harmonic] [Male — sung] Keep the song. [Three radio pulses dissolve into silence] [END]
