Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Midnight coffee
Cold as code
Pieces waiting
Black and gold
Her portrait
Crooked on the wall
Blue chalk lines
Where I wrote it all
Every opening
I hear her say
"Think three moves
Past today"
Knights on glass
Start to blur and bend
I stall the clock
And hit reset again (uh)
[Chorus]
Madam Herta
Keep my hands steady
I'm slipping
But my castle stands
If I follow
Every rule you left me
Maybe I outlive
The year’s demands
I move like you
Till the board runs clear
Madam Herta
Don't let me disappear
[Verse 2]
Index cards
With her tired notes
Marginalia
Crowding quotes
I mouth her lines
Like a prayer in code
Tiny script
On a ticking road
Bishop angles
Cut across my breath
Queen-side pressure
Whispers death
If I blunder now
Do I lose the game
Or the last
Little line of my name (oh)
[Chorus]
Madam Herta
Keep my hands steady
I'm slipping
But my castle stands
If I follow
Every rule you left me
Maybe I outlive
The year’s demands
I move like you
Till the board runs clear
Madam Herta
Don't let me disappear
[Bridge]
Clock hands swing
Like a featherweight fist
I count each click
So I know I exist
If I can calculate
I can stay right here
One more endgame
Through another year
[Chorus]
Madam Herta
Keep my hands steady
I'm slipping
But my castle stands
If I follow
Every rule you left me
Maybe I outlive
The year’s demands
I move like you
Till the dark turns sheer
Madam Herta
Don’t let me disappear
Style
funksmoky jazz-hop groove with brushed drumsupright bass walking lazilyand chopped lo-fi piano loops. male vocals half-sunghalf-spoken in a swung pocket; horns stab on the chorus with a touch of funk guitar comping. tape-warped textures and distant room reverb build a late-night spiralthen pull in tight for the final hookriding a hypnotic vamp to the outro.jazzlo-fiswing
Prompt
Someone obsessed with Madam Herta clings to her genius while playing chess to keep control. Behind strategy and devotion, their mind frays, fearing they won’t endure the year. jazz, swing, funk, lo-fi
Credits
Prompt by
Plumpy
PlumpyGeneratedFeb 6, 2026
ModelAria v5
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