Empty Chains, Rented Dreams

[Verse 1] I lit the probes, scanned the night, Hole to hole, not a soul in sight. Statics cold, echoes ring, Space so empty it don’t mean a thing. [Chorus] Empty chains, rented dreams, Payin’ for space while the void still screams. Got landlords fightin’ over sov and seams, But the holes are wide open with forgotten beams. [Verse 2] Fifteen sigs, just dust and stone, No miners diggin’, no fleets at home. I drift through silence, cloak pulled tight, And wonder what them null boys see in that fight. [Chorus] Empty chains, rented dreams, Payin’ for space while the void still screams. Their castles crumble, stitched with schemes, While J-space whispers in static streams. [Bridge – spoken, half laugh, half sigh] "You ever ask yourself, why pay rent, When the landlords live on fear and percent? Out here the law’s just probes and steel… But at least it’s honest, at least it’s real." [Verse 3] Fuel runs low, my eyes grow tired, Hull feels rusted, my will’s rewired. But I keep on driftin’, ‘cause the void still calls, A capsuleer’s blues in these static halls. [Final Chorus] Empty chains, rented dreams, Payin’ for sov while the wormhole gleams. Null boys blind to the truth it seems… The universe laughs at their rented dreams. [Outro – slow fade, quiet] Empty chains… and I’m still driftin’ through. Dreams for rent… but the void feels true.