[Intro]
[Sounds: Starting with a low, distorted synth pad, slowly modulating. Occasional, almost imperceptible static pops. A very subtle, high-frequency digital whine. A brief, almost subliminal "Ernesta?" echo, heavily processed and high-pitched, like a phantom frequency.]
[Beat enters: a sparse, syncopated rhythm, almost a broken clockwork. Bassline is deep but with a shimmering, unstable quality, like a sine wave pushed to its limit.]
[Vocals: A heavily processed, almost whispered voice, rich with subtle vocoder effects and slight pitch instability. Moments where the voice briefly "slips" or "stutters" on syllables, then corrects itself, like a digital hiccup. Occasional, fleeting bursts of a higher-pitched, "chipmunk-like" vocal shimmer woven into the main vocal track.]
[Verse 1]
Data stream, running thin.
Memory glitch, where do I begin?
Long hair, dark against the light.
Just a flicker, in the fading digital night.
[Pre-Chorus]
Pulse… skipping.
Feeling… dripping.
Is this real? Or just a ghostly code?
On this lonely, circuit-board road.
[Chorus]
Er-Er-Ernesto? [Voice slightly rises, then warbles]
A whisper through the static haze.
You turn slow… in electric daze.
But I’m not-not-not-not there… just the phantom wave.
[Verse 2]
Empty street, pixel dust.
A broken promise, a fading trust.
Your eyes, vacant… a distant view.
What was real? What was just you?
[Pre-Chorus]
Pulse… skipping.
Feeling… dripping.
Is this real? Or just a ghostly code?
On this lonely, circuit-board road.
[Chorus]
Er-Er-Ernesto? [Voice slightly rises, then warbles]
A whisper through the static haze.
You turn slow… in electric daze.
But I’m not-not-not-not there… just the phantom wave.
[Bridge]
[Music becomes more sparse, occasional synth bursts like data packets. Vocal processing intensifies, almost breaking down into pure synth tones before reforming.]
Rewind… ERROR.
Can't find… ERROR.
This feeling… glitching through.
Just an echo… of me and you.
A high-frequency surge, a chipmunk sound, a voice: "Ernesta?"
Calling out for Ernesto, but the pixels shift, distorting.
A dark figure flickers in the code, then fades, dissolved.
[Outro]
[Music slowly fades, with increasing digital artifacting – clicks, pops, bitcrushed sounds. The "Ernesto" call repeats, becoming more distorted and stretched, like a dying signal. Overlaid, a distinct, warped, and increasingly fragmented "Ernesta?" echoes, as if the digital voice itself is breaking down.]
Ernesto… TO… TO…
Not there… THERE…
[The "chipmunk sounding girl" vocal echo returns, briefly, distorted]
Ernesto? [Distorted, almost buried]
Ernesta... [digital stutter, high-pitched artifact]... sta... error...
[Final, sharp, digital cut-off.]
