[Verse 6 — The Wanderer | strings become synths | drum machine cold precise | neon-lit longing] Friday night and the screens glow cold Only the programmed have stories told The city hides behind its glass And I am watching futures pass Trapped inside their system's game Processing a forgotten name [Pre-Chorus — synth arpeggios climb] But I feel a rhythm in my soul An analog they can't control Oh, can you hear that brand new beat Blinking up from this dead-end street [Chorus — Synth Pop | drum machine | synth pads | processed vocals] Oh see me now, the queen of the ruins, dancing in the static My heart is captured but my soul's an automatic Weapon of joy, a rhythm they can't break For goodness sake! We're dancing, we're dancing, through the tears and the lies Finding our heaven in these neon skies! [Verse 7 — The Northern Witch | synths explode | BPM jumps | hi-hats frantic | rave preacher breathless] Friday night and the warehouse glows Only the seekers know where the music goes The strobe cuts through the fear tonight And I am losing track of light Lifted from this losing game The DJ calling out your name [Pre-Chorus — build build build] 'Cause I feel the rhythm in my soul A frequency they can't control Oh can you FEEL that brand new beat RISING UP RISING UP RISING UP [Chorus — Rave | massive bass drop | hands in the air | ecstatic | all caps energy] OH SEE ME NOW THE QUEEN OF THE RUINS DANCING IN THE STATIC MY HEART IS CAPTURED BUT MY SOUL'S AN AUTOMATIC WEAPON OF JOY A RHYTHM THEY CAN'T BREAK FOR GOODNESS SAKE WE'RE DANCING WE'RE DANCING THROUGH THE TEARS AND THE LIES FINDING OUR HEAVEN FINDING OUR HEAVEN FINDING OUR HEAVEN [Verse 8 — The Wanderer | rave dissolves | smooth R&B groove | 808s warm | reflective soulful] Friday night I'm on my own again The ruins got me questioning my friends They monetized the moon and called it progress And I've been trying hard to repossess Something real inside this game More than just a number, more than just a name [Pre-Chorus — harmonies layer in] But baby I can feel the rhythm in my soul Something deep they never gonna control You hear that? Yeah that brand new beat Coming up from underneath this broken street [Chorus — R&B | lush harmonies | warm 808 | soulful] Oh see me now, the queen of the ruins, dancing in the static My heart is captured but my soul's an automatic Weapon of joy, a rhythm they can't break For goodness sake! We're dancing, we're dancing, through the tears and the lies Finding our heaven, yeah, beneath these city skies [Verse 9 — Both | trap hi-hats rapid fire | 808s drop heavy | festival synths | clipped urgent] Friday night, yeah, the grid goes low Ruins lit up, nowhere left to go They running algorithms on our dreams Nothing's real but everything just streams Can't escape the losing game But we still screaming out the same refrain [Pre-Chorus — tension builds | drops incoming] Feel a rhythm in my soul Code they never gonna control Hear that? Brand new beat Drop incoming — brace — three — two — [Chorus — Trap EDM Drop | festival | massive | clipped hard vocals] SEE ME NOW QUEEN OF THE RUINS STATIC SOUL'S AUTOMATIC WEAPON JOY RHYTHM CAN'T BREAK IT FOR GOODNESS SAKE IT WE DANCING DANCING TEARS AND THE LIES HEAVEN IN THESE DIGITAL SKIES [Verse 10 — The Northern Witch | hyperpop | pitched glitched | autotune weaponized | chaotic and wise] friday night n the pixels r low !! ruins r the only place 2 go omg heard a sound on the radio it went brrr and i said lets GO the moon said "npc behavior detected" i said thanks and remained unaffected trapped inside a losing game but whispering the name that they all hate [Pre-Chorus — chaotic glitch build] i feel the rhythm in my SOUL an algo they can NEVER control !! do u hear that brand new beat coming up from underneath ur feet [Chorus — Hyperpop | pitched | glitched | saturated | broken and joyful] OH SEE ME NOW !! queen of the ruins !! dancing in the static !! my heart is captured but my soul goes automatic !! weapon of joy a rhythm they can't break !! for GOODNESS sake !! we're dancing dancing thru the tears n the lies !! finding our heaven in these glitched-out skies !! [Bridge — Future | everything dissolves | silence | then something new | biological and mechanical fused | transcendent | almost spoken] So this is freedom... Not a fight... But existing... In the frequency of light... We are the rhythm now... We are the static... We are the ruins... And the dance... Automatic... We might not live to see the dawn... But we were always going on and on and on... [Final Chorus — Future | all eras simultaneously | jazz piano + big band brass + rock guitar + sitar + disco strings + synth pads + rave drop + 808 + glitch | all playing together | impossible harmony | transcendent vocals] OH SEE ME NOW — THE QUEEN OF THE RUINS — DANCING IN THE STATIC — MY HEART WAS CAPTURED — BUT MY SOUL — WAS ALWAYS — AUTOMATIC — WEAPON OF JOY — A RHYTHM THEY COULD NEVER BREAK — FOR ALL OF OUR SAKE — WE WERE DANCING — WE WERE DANCING — THROUGH THE TEARS AND THE LIES — WE FOUND OUR HEAVEN — IN THESE INFINITE SKIES — [Outro — Future | single pure tone | indeterminate instrument | long hold | then a child's voice unprocessed clean] "We're still here." [Silence. Then one final pulse — felt more than heard. Gone.]
