[SCENE — AIRBORNE / RAIN + STATIC OVERLOAD] [sound design: rain hammering fuselage, distorted radio crackle, quad-prop engine grind, intermittent signal dropouts] [RADIO INTRO — CLASSIFICATION FAILURE] [male calm spoken tone — Mero] Air traffic, I cannot classify Lima Bravo Charlie-159 as civilian pilot under current operational parameters [male ATC voice — Kera] State reason for reclassification [male calm spoken tone — Mero] Civilian training confinement model does not contain observed performance range [male ATC voice — Kera] Confirm failure is due to system limitation, not pilot deviation [male calm spoken tone — Mero] Confirmed. System limitation [GROUND REPORT — INTERRUPTION SPIKE] [sound design: radio crackle surges, ground channel punches through] [male ground voice — Controller] Target hit confirmed [male ground voice — Controller] Repeat: target hit confirmed [male ground voice — Controller] Mission objective complete [AIRBORNE — LAIZER RESPONSE] [male ATC voice — Kera] Lima Bravo Charlie-159, ground confirms mission completion [Laizer female vocal tone — calm, sharp] Copy [male ATC voice — Kera] Reconfirm classification status for record [Laizer female vocal tone] System error [VERSE 1 — GARAGE PUNK DRIVE] Rain cuts down on steel skin Like it knows what state I’m in No panic, no delay, no break Just everything they can’t shake They built the box, too tight Watched me move through it like light Now they’re writing what went wrong While I’m already gone [PRE-CHORUS] You coded slow I moved past glow [CHORUS — TITLE HIT] System error, not my name You’re still trying to frame What already proved you blind While you’re stuck redefining time Call it tracked, call it run But it’s already past and done [VERSE 2 — MERO FINAL REPORT STATE] [male calm spoken tone — Mero] Civilian classification system returns no valid match for Lima Bravo Charlie-159 operational profile [male ATC voice — Kera] Confirm permanent system error designation [male calm spoken tone — Mero] Confirmed [PRE-CHORUS — STATIC DROP] You lag behind I don’t rewind [CHORUS — FINAL SYSTEM COLLAPSE] System error, not my name You’re still trying to frame What already proved you blind While you’re stuck redefining time Call it tracked, call it run But it’s already past and done [BRIDGE — LAIZER FINAL CUT] [male ATC voice — Kera] Final classification request: pilot designation [Laizer female vocal tone] There isn’t one [male ATC voice — Kera] Then what is your operational category [Laizer female vocal tone] Whatever broke your system [OUTRO — RAIN + SIGNAL FAIL] [sound design: rain continues, radio static collapses into clean tone then fades] [male ATC voice — Kera] System error logged [Laizer female vocal tone] That sounds about right
