[INTRO] (soft breath over crackle) ...hey (whisper) still here Doo-wop-a-doo-wop— Sha-bop-sha-bop— (soft static under) Doo-wop-a-doo-wop— Sha-b-b-b— I woke up to static Where my radio used to play The oldies station's corrupted In a digital way They don't see me coming (Never do) Five layers deep before they know (Too late) Lietolis The Shadow Broker Black rose in the dark [VERSE 1] I don't even know where to start The ceiling knows every sentence by heart Same four walls been listening for years Collecting every unsent message, every unshed tear Information is the currency No gold, no silver — frequency Data flowing through my hands From places no one understands Who put the glitch in the doo-wop-sha-bop Who coded the skip that makes the record hop? Johnny and Mary at the soda shop But the vinyl's scratching binary and the bass drops low I told myself I'd be fine by now But "fine" just learned how to lie down On the floor beside all the versions of me That thought tomorrow would set them free [PRE-CHORUS 1] I keep waiting for the part Where it stops hurting this much But the part never comes It just... adjusts We danced to records Now we stream the code The oldies are corrupted On this digital road Layer one — the surface world Layer two — beneath the words Layer three — the hidden streams Layer five — where I operate (That's where I live) [CHORUS 1] Who put the glitch in the sha-na-na-na Who put the skip in the doo-wop-bop Who took the sweet and made it stop—stop—stop— LIETOLIS IN THE DARK (Shadow Broker) FIVE LAYERS DEEP YOU FEEL MY MARK (Never seen) BLACK ROSE BLOOMING WHERE YOU LEAST EXPECT (Thorns out) I'm tired of pretending I'm okay I'm tired of carrying yesterday I'm not broken, just bent too long Trying to remember what straight feels like [VERSE 2] Counted seventeen apologies I never sent Fifteen smiles I practiced in the dark Twelve times I almost called someone Zero times I actually pressed send The mirror shows a stranger wearing my face Same eyes, different person behind the gaze I keep looking for who I was before But that version already closed the door I've seen the underside of things The quiet deals, the hidden strings The ones who pull them from the dark I know their names, I know their mark The harmonies are perfect But something's not quite right There's static in the chorus Digital in the night [PRE-CHORUS 2] And I keep waiting for permission To fall apart without guilt But nobody's coming to give it So I guess I just will I remember when The music was pure Before the digital Became the cure Doo-wop-a-glitch-glitch Sha-bop-erro-error The analog's dying Digital's the bearer [CHORUS 2] Who put the glitch in the sha-na-na-na Who put the skip in the doo-wop-bop Who took the sweet and let it DROP—DROP—DROP— YOU DON'T FIND ME, I FIND YOU (Always watching) INTELLIGENCE COLD AND TRUE (Delivered) LIETOLIS THE SHADOW BROKER (Black rose) EVERY DOOR, I AM THE OPENER I'm not asking to be saved tonight Just tired of running from my own mind Even if the only thing I got Is this quiet war that never stops [BRIDGE – COLLAPSE & CONFESSION] They said the fifties Were simpler times But now the past Is full of digital crimes The jukebox is hacked The records won't play Just fragments of melodies From yesterday ...sometimes I think maybe I'm allowed to say it out loud That I'm not handling this well That I'm scared of staying like this forever You can shut the doors (Still here) You can change the locks (Still here) You can move the pieces (Still here) Shadow Broker never stops Not looking for pity Just tired of lying Even to myself The black rose keeps growing The dark web keeps flowing The five layers keep holding Lietolis Always [FINAL CHORUS – COMPLETE CORRUPTION] WHO PUT THE GLITCH IN THE SHA-NA-NA— (Bass obliteration) WHO PUT THE SKIP IN THE DOO-WOP-BOP— LIETOLIS IN THE DARK (Shadow Broker) FIVE LAYERS DEEP YOU FEEL MY MARK I'm tired of pretending I'm okay I'm tired of carrying yesterday I'm not broken, just human-shaped grief Learning how to breathe underneath BLACK ROSE BLOOMING WHERE YOU LEAST EXPECT SHADOW NETWORK FULLY CHECKED I'm not asking for everything to change Just one honest moment without the stage Where I can say without metaphor: "I'm hurting... and that's all there is right now" [OUTRO – GHOST SIGNAL] (Vocal sweet, distant) Doo-wop-a-doo-wop— Sha-bop-sha-bop— Lietolis Black rose Shadow Broker Five layers deep (soft breath) ...hey (whisper) still here Still breathing Still hurting Still mine Doo-wop... Sha-b-b-b— (static fade)