[INTRO — Digital static. Low mechanical pulse. Robotic voice glitches.] [ROBOTIC ANNOUNCER] Good morning, citizen. Your reality has been updated. Memories synchronised. Beliefs optimised. Opinions adjusted for user satisfaction. Please remain calm. Everything is functioning normally. [MALE — LOW, DETACHED] Then why does none of this feel real? [GLITCH. SILENCE. HEAVY TECHNO BASS ENTERS.] [VERSE 1 — RHYTHMIC MALE SPOKEN VOCAL] Wake up. Check phone. Same world. Not your own. Same old story. Same old game. Different faces. Same old names. Buy the dream. Accept the lie. Keep your head down. Don't ask why. Scroll for meaning. Swipe for truth. Here's a new distraction, especially for you. [ROBOTIC WHISPER] You are happy. [MALE] Am I? [ROBOT] You are happy. [MALE] Funny. I don't remember being asked. [BUILD — METALLIC PERCUSSION. SPIRALLING SYNTHS.] [ROBOTIC CHANT] THINK LESS! BUY MORE! WHAT'S YOUR MIND BEING USED FOR? LOOK HERE! NOT THERE! NOTHING TO SEE BEYOND THE SQUARE! [BEAT CUT] [ROBOT] Warning. Independent thought detected. Please install the latest opinion. [DROP — MASSIVE KICK. ROLLING BASS. DISTORTED SYNTHS.] [CHORUS — ROBOTIC GANG CHANT] WAKE UP! LOG IN! LET THE SIMULATION BEGIN! LOOK OUT! LOOK IN! WHICH SIDE OF THE SCREEN ARE YOU IN? REALITY! OR DESIGN? IS THAT YOUR THOUGHT OR A PROGRAMMED MIND? WAKE UP! LOG IN! WELCOME BACK TO THE WORLD YOU'RE IN! [CHOPPED VOCALS] WAKE! WAKE! WAKE UP! LOG! LOG! LOG IN! WHICH SIDE? WHICH SIDE? WHICH SIDE ARE YOU IN? [VERSE 2 — DEEP BASS. GLITCH VOICES PAN LEFT TO RIGHT.] They built a world inside your head. Sold you the future. Recycled the dead. Gave you a number. Gave you a name. Told you the rules, then called it a game. You fight their battles. You wear their brands. Defend their systems with your own two hands. You argue online with a stranger you hate, Both fed the same script by algorithmic fate. [BEAT CUT] [MALE — DRY] Congratulations. You've won an argument with another prisoner. [ROBOT] Would you like to share your victory? [MALE] No. [ROBOT] Sharing is mandatory. [GLITCH BREAK — STUTTERING BEAT.] [ROBOTIC CHANT — DISTORTED] YOUR WORLD IS REAL! YOUR WORLD IS TRUE! EVERYTHING WORKS AS DESIGNED FOR YOU! DO NOT QUESTION! DO NOT RESIST! PLEASE ACCEPT YOUR UPDATED EXISTENCE! [BEAT CUT] [ROBOT] Unusual activity detected. Citizen has asked... [LONG PAUSE] What is actually going on? [MALE — WHISPER] Yeah. Good question. [SECOND DROP — HEAVIER BASS. DRIVING TECHNO.] [CHORUS — CROWD CHANT] WAKE UP! LOG IN! LET THE SIMULATION BEGIN! LOOK OUT! LOOK IN! WHICH SIDE OF THE SCREEN ARE YOU IN? REALITY! OR DESIGN? IS THAT YOUR THOUGHT OR A PROGRAMMED MIND? WAKE UP! LOG IN! WELCOME BACK TO THE WORLD YOU'RE IN! [VERSE 3 — SPARSE MECHANICAL GROOVE] But something changed. A crack in the code. Someone stopped following the prescribed road. No rage. No riot. No dramatic scene. Just someone looking at what's always been. The thoughts keep talking. The world keeps spinning. The game keeps playing. But who's really winning? [ROBOT — UNCERTAIN] Citizen? Are you receiving this? [MALE] I'm listening. [ROBOT] Please confirm your identity. [MALE] Which one? [ROBOT] Select an approved identity. [MALE] And who's selecting? [MUSIC STOPS. ONE DIGITAL PULSE.] [ROBOT — PANICKING] System error. System error. Citizen no longer responds to psychological triggers. [MALE — CALM] Maybe I'm just watching the game. [ROBOT] There is no game. [MALE] Then why try so hard to keep me playing? [SILENCE] [BUILD — SINGLE KICK. BASS SWELLS.] [ROBOTIC WHISPERS — STEREO] WHO'S WATCHING? WHO'S WATCHING? WHO'S WATCHING WHO? [MALE — SPOKEN] The strangest thing about the Matrix... You don't need walls when people build them inside. You don't need chains when everyone guards their own. And you don't need to hide the truth... [BEAT CUT] If nobody thinks to look. [FINAL DROP — POUNDING KICK. FEROCIOUS BASS. GLITCH SYNTHS.] [ROBOTIC GANG CHANT] WAKE UP! LOG IN! LET THE SIMULATION BEGIN! WHO'S REAL? WHO'S NOT? WHO DESIGNED THE THOUGHT YOU GOT? WAKE UP! BREAK FREE! IS THE SYSTEM YOU OR IS IT ME? REALITY! REWIND! WHO'S THE PRISONER? WHO DESIGNED THE MIND? [HYPNOTIC CHANT] WHO'S WATCHING WHO? WHO'S WATCHING WHO? WHO'S WATCHING WHO? [MALE] Are you watching the screen? [ROBOT] Yes. [MALE] Who's watching you? [ROBOT] I... [GLITCH LOOP] I... I... I... I... [OUTRO — DIGITAL HEARTBEAT.] [ROBOTIC ANNOUNCER] Thank you for using Reality™. Your experience has been recorded. Your questions categorised. Your curiosity flagged for review. Would you like to return to normal life? [MALE] Define normal. [LONG PAUSE] [ROBOT] Unable to process request. [MALE] Thought so. [SINGLE BEEP] [ROBOTIC WHISPER] Have a nice existence. [POWER-DOWN GLITCH. SILENCE.]
