Respawn

[Intro — Glitching Synthesizers, Distorted Electronic Pulse] Game over. Try again. Funny how that worked back then. [Verse 1 — Rapid Rhythmic Vocals] Quarter in the arcade slot. Give it everything you've got. Miss the jump and hit the floor. Feed the machine and try once more. Back when every broken dream Came with one more loading screen. Every loss was temporary. Every ending arbitrary. Now the years are flying past. Nothing's built to fucking last. I keep searching for a save, But there's nothing left to overwrite. [Pre-Chorus — Rising Melodic Vocals] And I've been running through the levels, Trying not to lose my way. But there's no one at the controls Who can make the damage fade. [Chorus — Explosive Electronic Rock] I can't respawn! Can't turn back time! Can't reload the years Or reclaim what's mine! No extra lives! No second screen! Just a thousand fucking chances To become who I should've been! Let the whole world fall apart! Let it tear me limb from limb! I can't respawn! But I can start again! [Post-Chorus — Distorted Synth Hook] Start again! Start again! No more waiting for the end! Start again! Start again! I'm not finished playing yet! [Verse 2 — Aggressive Rhythmic Vocals] I've been chasing high-score dreams, Losing sleep to loading screens. Every checkpoint that I missed Is another name upon the list. People I was gonna call. Promises I let dissolve. All the words I should've said Keep repeating in my head. Can't rewind a final breath. Can't negotiate with death. Can't recover what you lost Just by paying twice the cost. But the clock is running down, And I'm still standing here somehow. If the past is set in stone, I'll build a future of my own. [Pre-Chorus — Emotional Melodic Build] I can't fix the roads behind me. Can't erase the scars I've earned. But there's still a road ahead, And I've got something left to learn. [Chorus — Explosive Electronic Rock] I can't respawn! Can't turn back time! Can't reload the years Or reclaim what's mine! No extra lives! No second screen! Just a thousand fucking chances To become who I should've been! Let the whole world fall apart! Let it tear me limb from limb! I can't respawn! But I can start again! [Bridge — Glitch Breakdown, Fragmented Electronic Percussion] System failure. Memory lost. Every second has a cost. Screen goes black. The signal dies. Nothing left but open eyes. I spent my life collecting points For things that never mattered much. While everything I should've held Was slipping slowly out of touch. [Instrumental Break — Corrupted Synthesizers, Heavy Bass, Abrupt Silence] [Final Chorus — Maximum Intensity] I can't respawn! Can't turn back time! Can't bring back the people That I left behind! No extra lives! No guarantees! Just the breath inside my lungs And the ground beneath my feet! Let the whole world fall apart! Let the ending fucking sting! I can't respawn! But I'm still here! And that means everything! [Outro — Electronic Heartbeat, Fading Synthesizers] No save file. No second chance. No magic way to change the past. The screen goes dark. The credits end. Tomorrow comes. I press start again.