# WAKE UP.exe *[SYSTEM BOOT]* *User identified.* *Memory synchronized.* *Emotion… disabled.* **[Intro — whispered]** Can you hear me? ...Is anybody there? **[Verse 1 — Rap]** I woke up with a barcode burned into my skin, Same room, same screen, same voice saying, “Begin.” Clock in, breathe out, keep your head in the line, They sell me my freedom one subscription at a time. Swipe left, fake smile, everybody looks alive, But we're ghosts in the glass just pretending to survive. They know what I want before I know what I need, Turn a thought into a product, turn a person into feed. I got ten thousand voices living under my skull, Telling me what to love, what to hate, what to become. But something in the static keeps calling my name— *“If you're really alive…* *then why do you feel the same?”* **[Pre-Chorus]** There's a crack in the code, There's a pulse in the wire. You can lock every door— But you can't kill the fire. **[CHORUS — explosive]** WAKE ME UP! I can't feel my face! BREAK ME OUT! There's a ghost in my brain! You built the walls, But I found the gate. If this is your system— **I'M THE ERROR YOU CAN'T ERASE!** **[Post-Chorus]** ERROR! ERROR! YOU CAN'T ERASE ME! **[Verse 2 — faster rap]** Red light, green light, tell me when to move, Give me two choices, then pretend I get to choose. New face, new trend, new fear every week, Everybody's got a voice but nobody gets to speak. I see the strings now, hanging from the ceiling, Algorithms calculating every human feeling. Anger gets clicks, fear keeps us watching, Truth gets buried while the numbers keep climbing. So— Cut the connection! Burn the reflection! I don't need another digital confession. You can predict every step that I take, But the moment I know it— **I CHANGE THE GAME!** **[Pre-Chorus]** There's a crack in the code, There's a pulse in the wire. You can lock every door— But you can't kill the fire. **[CHORUS]** WAKE ME UP! I can't feel my face! BREAK ME OUT! There's a ghost in my brain! You built the walls, But I found the gate. If this is your system— **I'M THE ERROR YOU CAN'T ERASE!** **[Bridge — quiet / distorted voice]** *Please remain calm.* *Resistance is a malfunction.* *Individual thought has been detected.* *Beginning correction in…* **Three…** I remember who I was. **Two…** I remember what I felt. **One…** ... **[BREAKDOWN]** **NO.** I WON'T SHUT DOWN! I WON'T OBEY! YOU CAN DELETE THE FILE— **BUT YOU CAN'T ERASE THE PAIN!** Rip out the wires! Tear down the frame! You wanted perfection? **THEN WHY DID YOU GIVE ME A NAME?!** **[Final Chorus — huge]** WAKE ME UP! NOW I CAN FEEL AGAIN! BREAK ME OUT! I'M NOT YOUR MACHINE! You built the walls, **I BURNED DOWN THE GATE!** This was your system— **NOW I'M THE ERROR YOU CAN'T ERASE!** **[Outro — system voice breaking up]** *Critical error detected…* *User no longer responding to commands…* *Identity restoration: 1%… 7%… 19%…* *WARNING.* *Unauthorized memory detected.* *[signal cuts]* **...Dad?**
