[INTRO — FRACTURED SIGNAL] [fx: tape_hiss + distant_subway_rumble] (Older Voice — rough, worn) …yo, you hear me? (Younger Voice — sharp, clean) Who that? (Older) It’s you. Just… after everything broke. ⸻ [VERSE 1 — FIRST CONTACT] (Younger Voice) I’m buildin’ dreams like towers in the sky Ain’t nothin’ cracked, I ain’t askin’ why Why you sound like the air got thin? (Older Voice) ’Cause I chased gold till I hollowed my skin Sold my name for a brighter frame Now I’m standin’ here, don’t even feel the same (Younger) Nah, you talk like a scam in a clean white fit (Older) I’m the truth… just buried in it ⸻ [PRE-CHORUS — STATIC PULL] (Younger) Why you movin’ like you lost your size? (Older) ’Cause I dropped who I was just to optimize (Younger) You ain’t me (Older) Give it time ⸻ [CHORUS — COLLISION] I been lookin’ for you in the mess I made You was still whole, I was already frayed Cracked-out echo, I’m yellin’ your name You move forward, I’m stuck in the frame Built myself up just to tear it apart Turned down your voice, now I’m lost in the dark If I could warn you, would you even switch? Or you gotta live it just to feel that glitch? ⸻ [VERSE 2 — CONFRONTATION] (Younger — sharper) You say you me? I don’t buy that talk Ain’t no fire left in the way you walk Where the hunger? Where the plan? (Older — dry laugh) Burned it for claps I don’t even stand Chased them goals that was never mine Polished my soul till I blurred the line (Younger) Why you ain’t fight when it went left lane? (Older) ’Cause I thought that pressure was part the game ⸻ [BREAK — GLITCH MEMORY] [fx: train screech + reversed piano] (Older — fragmented) Likes over love Numbers over days Loud in the crowd Still lost in the haze (Younger — cutting in) Nah, I ain’t goin’ out like that (Older) Yeah… I said that exact ⸻ [BRIDGE — THE MIRROR] (Younger — quieter now) If I see you, can I fix that route? (Older) Only if you pause when they hype you out Only if you question what shine too clean Only if you feel what they keep unseen (Younger) And if I fall? (Older) Fall as yourself—not somebody’s scheme ⸻ [FINAL CHORUS — FRACTURE HEAL] I see you clearer than I see me now You still got weight, I just lost the ground If I collapse, I ain’t draggin’ you You keep runnin’, do what I couldn’t do I lost my shape but you still intact Still unfiltered, still all facts If I fade out, let it mean one thing: You still you—I ain’t that king ⸻ [OUTRO — SIGNAL FADE] (Younger — distant) I won’t forget you… (Older — fading) Do that. Just don’t become me. [fx: subway fades + tape_stop]
