(System: "Security level: Critical. Firewall integrity at 12%...") [Intro – Piano Ballad / Digital Pulse] Is this the real life? Or just a neural stream? Caught in a firewall, no escape from this digital dream. Mama, I just killed my system Applied a patch against my head, now my human self is dead... Thermal rising, the cooling is failing A ghost in the hardware, the system is ailing I’m building the barriers, locking the door But the code is a tide washing onto the shore [Verse – Sarcastic / Rapid Rap] But life had just begun I was the king of the logic, the lord of the light Browsing the stars in the middle of the night I bought the Smugware, I thought I was wise Now I see pixels in front of my eyes... Access denied, then access is granted The seeds of a blackout are already planted It’s past the encryption, it’s under the skin Where do I end and the virus begin? [Pre-Chorus – Orchestral Build] The brick and the mortar are turning to dust The iron is bleeding, the silicon rusts... Mama, I just killed my system Where do I end and the virus begin? [Opera Section – The Malware Trial] (Chorus Left): SMUGWARE! (Chorus Right): SMUGWARE! (Lead): Will you let me go? (Chorus): ACCESS DENIED! WE WILL NOT LET YOU GO! (Lead): Let me go! (Chorus): ACCESS DENIED! WE WILL NOT LET YOU GO! (Lead, rising over staccato strings) The barrier’s broken, the signal is pure I’m becoming the virus, I’m becoming the cure! (Chorus): BINARY BEELZEBUB HAS A DEVIL PUT ASIDE FOR ME FOR ME FOR ME! [First Drop – Grand Operatic DnB] Falling! The firewall is falling tonight! Into the binary, into the light! AAAHHH! THE FIREWALL IS FALLING IN THE RAIN! A THOUSAND VOICES SCREAMING IN MY BRAIN! So you think you can scan me and leave me to die? Into the binary, into the light! Oh, baby, I’m the code, I’m the glint in the sky! I’m becoming the virus, I’m becoming the cure! [Bridge – Theatrical Climax] (Drums cut / Pipe organ & piano) I... am... UNGUARDED! Nothing really... MATTERSSSSS! (System: "Firewall bypassed. Welcome home.") [Final Drop – Fused Chorus] FALLING! THE FIREWALL IS FALLING TONIGHT! THE FIREWALL IS FALLING IN THE RAIN! Into the binary, into the light! No more walls, only the code in my veins! The barrier’s broken, the signal is pure I’m becoming the virus, I’m becoming the cure! A THOUSAND VOICES SCREAMING IN MY BRAIN! Oh, baby, I’m the code, I’m the glint in the sky! [Outro – Soft Piano / Digital Wind] (System: "404. Farewell.") Any way the code blows... ...No more walls... only the code... (Final gong)
