STATIC TIMES

(Intro)
(Sound of a rewinding tape... then a slow guitar melody starts)
(Momo Tenji - Soft, French accent)
System diagnostic... failed.
The corruption is spreading to the core.
It is... awful.
(Friedghostly hums melody)
(Chorus)
Yeah, we live in static times, yeah we live in static times
I’m running out of reasons and I’m running out of rhymes.
The system is corrupted, yeah the server’s going down
I’m the king of broken dishes in a frozen little town.
I see the suits walking, yeah I see them watching me
But they don’t see the ghost, no they don’t see the key.
Yeah, we live in static times, living in the gray
Waiting for the reset, yeah waiting for the day.
(Verse 1)
Sunday afternoon, yeah the clock is moving slow
Outside is the ice and the heavy winter snow.
I got the mask on tight, yeah the porcelain face
Hiding all the anger in this miserable place.
The "Higher Ups" are laughing, eating on the dime
While I’m scrubbing off the filth and I’m doing all the time.
Is this the "dream"? Is this the design?
Or am I just a glitch in the assembly line?
(I’m just a glitch...)
(Momo Tenji - Interlude)
(Music drops to underwater effect)
Warning.
Empathy levels... critical.
They do not care about the machine.
They only care about the output.
(Verse 2)
So I disconnect the heart, yeah I put it on the shelf
I’m talking to the demons and I’m talking to myself.
"Voidwalker" in the shadows, stepping through the gate
Trying to find a way to re-negotiate the fate.
I pour the purple in the cup, yeah I numb the brain
Trying to wash away the years and wash away the stain.
But the static is too loud, yeah the signal is too strong
I’ve been awake inside this nightmare for way too long.
(Chorus)
Yeah, we live in static times, yeah we live in static times
I’m running out of reasons and I’m running out of rhymes.
The system is corrupted, yeah the server’s going down
I’m the king of broken dishes in a frozen little town.
I see the suits walking, yeah I see them watching me
But they don’t see the ghost, no they don’t see the key.
Yeah, we live in static times, living in the gray
Waiting for the reset, yeah waiting for the day.
(Outro)
(Beat fades... just the guitar left)
(Momo Tenji)
Reset impending.
Hold on, Ghost.
Just a little longer.
(Static noise cuts the song off abruptly)

Sad melodic emo rap, slow reversed guitar loop, heavy distorted 808s, ticking clock hi-hats, emotional male vocals, lo-