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The Long Way Back

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[Verse 1] Beige box, humming low Green screen, cursor glow Floppy click, cold blue night Nineteen-eighty, first light No cloud, no crowd, no rent Just a kid and an accident [Verse 2] Then the suits came round Bought the ground beneath the sound Redmond wrote the rules Cupertino sold the jewels Locked the door, kept the key Called it yours — charged a fee [Pre-Chorus] Ninety-one, a student wrote A little kernel, just for fun Penguin marching, code ran free Not for some — for everyone [Chorus] O-mar-chy, O-li-gar-chy Two words, one machine O-mar-chy, O-li-gar-chy Best boot you've ever seen Turn it on, let it ride Nobody owns what's inside [Verse 3] Forty years of updates Ads inside my start Sold my soul for shiny Traded speed for art Then a Dane got tired Wiped the disk and lit a fire [Verse 4] Arch below, Hypr on top Terminal like a neon shop One command, the whole thing's yours No sign-in, no revolving doors Ricers rising, ASCII crown Ugly desktop, burning down [Chorus] O-mar-chy, O-li-gar-chy Two words, one machine O-mar-chy, O-li-gar-chy Best boot you've ever seen Turn it on, let it ride Nobody owns what's inside [Bridge] Then the money walked in Ten million, patrons grinned Internet said: "Now we see — It's not Omarchy, it's Oligarchy" He didn't fight, he didn't flee He shipped the theme and laughed for free [Outro] Super plus Y — summon the yacht Super plus B — bread for the lot Super plus L — lobby the hill Escape, escape — golden parachute still O-mar-chy, O-li-gar-chy One letter, that's all it takes O-mar-chy, O-li-gar-chy Same machine, different stakes Turn it on, let it ride Nobody owns what's inside