[Intro — distant voices, overlapping] It’s money. No, it’s property. No, it’s software. No, it’s energy. No, it’s nothing. [Silence] Then why are you still talking about it? [Verse 1] They buried it under a headline, They nailed the coffin shut, They called it smoke and mirrors, They called it zero, called it dust. But something crossed the border With no suitcase in its hand, No king could stop the signal, No guard could make it stand. Was it money? Was it speech? Was it something out of reach? Was it property without a place? Was it time that learned to leave no trace? [Pre-Chorus] Every time they name it, Something slips away— Every time they kill it… It becomes another thing. [Chorus] BITCOIN IS DEAD, AGAIN! Money to one, Math to ten, Property here, A signal there— BITCOIN IS DEAD, AGAIN! Energy. Time. Freedom. Code. Kill one meaning— Watch another load. BITCOIN IS DEAD, AGAIN! [Whisper] Then what the hell Keeps coming back? [Verse 2] A miner calls it energy, A lawyer calls it land, A trader calls it an asset, A coder calls it a command. A nation calls it currency, A court may call it speech, A mother calls it something No collapsing bank can reach. A prisoner calls it freedom, A refugee calls it flight, A saver calls it tomorrow Hidden safely in tonight. You keep asking what it is Like one answer makes it true— Maybe Bitcoin isn’t one thing. Maybe that’s what scares you. [Pre-Chorus] Every time they name it, Something slips away— Every time they cage it… It changes shape again. [Chorus] BITCOIN IS DEAD, AGAIN! Money to one, Math to ten, Property here, A signal there— BITCOIN IS DEAD, AGAIN! Commodity. Software. Asset. Code. Close one doorway— Watch another load. BITCOIN IS DEAD, AGAIN! [Whisper] Still dead? [Bridge — stripped down, one voice at a time] [Voice 1] Bitcoin is money. [Voice 2] Bitcoin is information. [Voice 3] Bitcoin is property. [Voice 4] Bitcoin is software. [Voice 5] Bitcoin is a commodity. [Voice 6] Bitcoin is energy. [Voice 7] Bitcoin is time. [Voice 8] Bitcoin is freedom. [Voice 9] Bitcoin is math. [Voice 10] Bitcoin is an asset. [Voice 11] Bitcoin is currency. [Voice 12] Bitcoin is speech. [Voice 13] Bitcoin is hope. [Long silence] [Distorted voice] Bitcoin is a quantum computer. [Silence] [Another voice, quietly] No. [Pause] It’s worse. [Low pulse begins] It made eight billion people argue about the nature of value. [Breakdown — heavy, mechanical] WHAT IS MONEY? WHAT IS TIME? WHAT IS PROPERTY WITHOUT A LINE? WHAT IS ENERGY? WHAT IS SPEECH? WHAT CAN EXIST WHERE KINGS CAN’T REACH? WHAT IS VALUE? WHO DECIDES? WHAT STILL MOVES WHEN THE SYSTEM DIES? [Final Chorus — enormous] BITCOIN IS DEAD, AGAIN! BURY THE MONEY! BURY THE PEN! BURY THE PROPERTY— IT MOVES AGAIN! BITCOIN IS DEAD, AGAIN! KILL THE ASSET! KILL THE CODE! KILL THE SIGNAL— WATCH IT LOAD! BITCOIN IS DEAD, AGAIN! MONEY! INFORMATION! PROPERTY! SOFTWARE! ENERGY! TIME! FREEDOM! MATH! ASSET! CURRENCY! SPEECH! HOPE! [Everything cuts] [Whisper] You can’t kill something… when you still don’t know what it is. [Outro — same news voice as intro] Breaking news… Bitcoin is dead. [Long pause] Again.
