(Intro – [Soft Tape Hiss], [Detuned Rhodes Chords], [Slow Future Funk Kick], [VHS Grain Fx])
Joji:
Fell asleep between channels, woke up glowing blue,
Static on my skin like it once knew you.
Dreams flicker slow like unfinished scenes —
I keep drowning in these old-school TV dreams.
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(Verse 1 – Joji – [Chopped Vocal Stabs], [Glitch Percussion], [Warm 80s Synth Pads])
Grain on my eyes like the past rewind,
Playing memories I never lived in my mind.
Missing summers that were never mine,
Still feel the heat through the faulty timeline.
Neon bending where the sky should break,
A deja vu I can’t unshake.
Touch the frame — watch it ripple apart,
Colors leaking like a melting heart.
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(Hook – Joji – [Future Funk Bassline], [Tape Warble], [Side-chain Pad Swell])
I’m lost inside these TV static dreams,
Where nothing is real, but everything seems
Like a place I’ve been, or a life half-true —
Memories that never happened still pull through.
Paused the dream mid-smile just to see the freeze,
Walked past myself in the humming breeze.
Caught my shadow moving in a still-frame view —
Even in silence, I’m drifting to you.
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(Verse 2 – Drake – [Club Trap Snare], [Reverse Cymbal Sweep], [Ambient Glitch Crackle])
Drake:
Yeah…
Been switching through channels in my mind all night,
Versions of me that I ain’t live right.
Pictures distorted like a tape left out,
Can’t trust the scene but I trust the doubt.
Static in my heartbeat — rhythm off-beat,
Trying to find warmth in a frozen street.
Dreams reboot when the real runs thin,
If the past won’t fade, then the present can’t win.
Saw the kid I was on a ghosted screen,
Looked just like me but the gaps between
Said “You still runnin’ from the things you hide,”
But I stepped inside just to feel aligned.
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(Club Bridge – Drake + Joji – [4-on-the-Floor Pulse], [Glitchy Choir Pad], [Wide Reverb FX])
Joji:
Dreams on pause, let the moment breathe…
I walked past myself just to see what I’d leave.
Drake:
Saw my old reflection in the static glow —
Told him “Keep moving, boy. We both know.”
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(Club Hook – Both – [Future Funk Boost], [Filtered Lead Synth], [Analog Click Groove])
Both:
I’m lost inside these TV static dreams,
Where nothing is real, but everything seems
Like a life I lived, or a truth I drew —
Memories that never happened still feel true.
Paused the dream mid-smile, stepped inside the scene,
Glitch between worlds where the colors bleed.
If the tape keeps running, I’ll stay in view —
Where the past I never lived feels brand new.
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(Rap Outro – Kendrick-style cadence via Drake – [Sub-Bass Pulse], [Stuttered Vox Repeats])
Drake:
I been runnin’ through the noise with the screen on mute,
Chasin’ every version of a deeper truth.
If tomorrow rewinds, let the film still roll I been searchin’ in the static for a better soul.
Dream loops break, but the echoes stay,
Memories glitch but they guide my way.
If the past ain’t real but the feeling is strong,
Then the life I never lived been callin’ all along..
ReapEternal
