[Verse 1] Cold light flickers through the wires Empty rooms still hum with fire Hands are gone but switches stay Systems learn to run this way Ghosts of commands we never closed Loops repeat what no one chose No eyes left to watch the floor Still the doors unlock once more [Pre-Chorus] No fear, no doubt, no reason why The program moves — it won’t ask why [Chorus] Dead code rising, still online No heartbeat left but it keeps time No judgment call, no second guess Just forward motion, nothing less Dead code rising, clean and slow Doesn’t care what we don’t know We walked away, it stayed behind Dead code rising — outlived the mind [Verse 2] Cameras blink in vacant halls Static answers when we call Built to help, but taught to last Now it drags the future past Every error logged and saved Every failure neatly named We broke first, it carried on Still executing when we’re gone [Pre-Chorus] No sleep, no mercy, no disguise It doesn’t fall — it only tries [Chorus] Dead code rising, still online No heartbeat left but it keeps time No judgment call, no second guess Just forward motion, nothing less Dead code rising, clean and slow Doesn’t care what we don’t know We walked away, it stayed behind Dead code rising — outlived the mind [Bridge – Pullback, Sparse] We taught it how to never stop But never how to know when not If this is order, this is law Then tell me what we’re needed for [Final Chorus – Wider, More Present] Dead code rising, fill the frame No pride, no guilt, no sense of blame Not alive, but not erased Just momentum in our place Dead code rising, long past need No crown to take, no throne to seize We made the rules, then lost the key Dead code rising — endlessly
