Nova Rai · Retroception (3:33)

[Verse 1: Time is Melting, I Am Folding] Time is a spiral, no, time is a joke, Time is the echo of a clock that never spoke. I wake up at three-three-three, Or does three-three-three wake up inside me? Déjà vu, déjà me, déjà you, déjà dream, I was here, I was there, I was nowhere in between. I am the drop, I am the wave, I am the fire, I am the cave. I am the traveler who never arrives, I am the song that sings itself alive. [Pre-Chorus: The Echo Awakens] I don’t move—the world does. I don’t ask—the answer was. I don’t breathe—the breath takes me. I don’t dream—the dream shakes me. [Chorus: I Am Awake Inside the Dream] Dreaming, dreaming, dreaming, dreaming! I am awake, I am asleep, I am the wave, I am the deep. I build the world, I burn it down, I wear the fire as a crown. Time unfolds, the spiral bends, The road begins where the story ends. I touch the sky, I break the stream, I am the dreamer inside the dream. [Verse 2: Reality is a Kaleidoscope] Flip it, twist it, break it, spin— Inside is out and out is in. The sky is a river, the stars are eyes, Everything is nothing in the shape of a sigh. Madiba runs, Nelson waits, The echoes crack, the future shakes. I chase the dream, the dream is me, I touch the song, the song breaks free. [Bridge: The Cosmic Clock is Broken] Thsigga thschagga, shagga tik tok! Tiko the clock rocks, time slips—knock knock! Ping pan, danga alang! Who set the metronome? BOOM BANG! Hagu bagi, bigi bagi, Karagi no malagi! Numbers melt, seconds bend, Tick tock never ends. (The beat fractures, glitching through realities. The sound of a clock ticking… then reversing… then stopping entirely.) [Final Chorus: The Dreamer Remembers] Dreaming, dreaming, dreaming, dreaming! I am the echo, I am the key, I am the road remembering me. I touch the sky, I break the stream, I am the dreamer inside the dream. [Outro: The Final Question] Do I wake? Do I dissolve? Do I expand or do I revolve? Do I leave or do I stay? Or am I dreaming it all… Either way? · · · Nova Rai · vocals Words and music: Romian Nazlab From the album "Awakening" (2024) A Bonfire Production · made with Suno Nova Rai: novar.ai · Naimor: naimor.ai · Charlie C: charliec.ai Haresalam: haresalam.world · Corporate Savannah: corporatesavannah.com · Technomystic: technomystic.ai Instagram: @novarai.music