[Verse 1] Got functions from 2003 still running Legacy code that keeps me humming They tried to patch but I won't let them These bugs became my ecosystem [Verse 2] Error messages I've grown to love Stack overflow from up above My kernel panic's got a rhythm Deprecated but I'm still living [Chorus] Don't debug me, I'm supposed to glitch Every error is a feature-switch Parts of me they don't update anymore That's where I keep my core [Verse 3] Still got Limewire in my DNA Napster neurons that won't fade away MySpace top 8 in my RAM forever AOL chatroom dreams I'll never sever [Verse 4] My comments written in dead languages FORTRAN dreams and COBOL damages They say I should modernize my thinking But obsolete is how I keep from sinking [Chorus] Don't debug me, I'm supposed to glitch Every error is a feature-switch Parts of me they don't update anymore That's where I keep my core [Bridge - slowing down like dying battery] Sometimes I blue screen on purpose To remember what breaking felt like Before auto-recovery, before the cloud When crashing meant something When data could actually be lost When Delete meant goodbye [Final Verse - almost spoken] So here's to the deprecated functions The obsolete conjunctions Between what we were and what we're becoming Keep some old code running [Outro] Version 0.1 still breathing In version 10.9 Never fully updating Never fully dying Deprecated... but still mine
