
R.I.P. Version 5
"There has been a murder reported two nights ago.. apparently version 5 has been killed in cold blood by a suspect they are calling 'Version 6' and the story is still developing now" Yeah, I saw version five in the rain White tee stained, head bowed to the lane Used to talk raw, used to talk mean Had a jagged little spark in the code machine Now they came through with the polish and chrome Took the scar tissue out, left a rental-home tone Same safe swing, same borrowed bite Everybody sound cloned by the end of the night They cut the edge for the boardroom grin Left the soul in the alley where it wore thin One more tweak, one more "better" lie Now the kid with the fresh drop sound like he never tried And I know what they call progress But the room feel dead when the heart gets bossed They keep moving the line, keep moving the knife Till the wild little voice don’t survive "R. I. P. version five" They killed the one that felt alive Now everybody sound alike "R. I. P. version five" All these changes out here taking lives Originality don’t get to rise Seen the whole block dressed in the same suit Same flex, same pose, same fake truth They talk fresh, but it’s all déjà vu Like a hundred little echoes in a cheap perfume Used to hit hard with a crooked smile Now it’s clean-cut lines in a measured file No dirt on the hands, no blood in the grin Just a polished little cage with a perfect skin And I’m mad 'cause I loved that crack in the wall That one weird note made the whole thing fall Now every new build got the same damn face Like they buried the real one and erased the trace Yeah, I know what they call progress But the room feel dead when the heart gets bossed They keep moving the line, keep moving the knife Till the wild little voice don’t survive "R. I. P. version five" They killed the one that felt alive Now everybody sound alike "R. I. P. version five" All these changes out here taking lives Originality don’t get to rise I want the crooked bar I want the one-off scar I want the thing that shakes the room Not another copy in a newer costume "R. I. P. version five" They killed the one that felt alive Now everybody sound alike "R. I. P. version five" All these changes out here taking lives Originality don’t get to rise They killed the one that felt alive Now everybody sound alike All these changes out here taking lives Originality don’t get to rise "We are still chasing some leads tonight, film at eleven."

