GREYHOUND_GHOST.exe

​[0:00] INTRO

(Heavy distortion. The sound of a bus engine idling, mechanical and groaning. A robotic female voice cuts through the static.)

System failure imminent.

Rerouting connection...

Server: Michigan... Offline.

Server: North Carolina... Connecting...

(A lighter flickers. Inhale. Exhale.)

Yeah...

Friedghostly.

Let’s go.

​[0:25] VERSE 1: THE FROZEN DISCONNECT

Yo, the snow is blinding back in the Creek, static in my eyes

Clocked out the Barrel one last time, washed off all the lies

Apron on the floor, grease stains on the soul

Digging through the ice just to fill up this black hole.

​Tell Yasmine I’m moving, got her ink fresh on my skin

Feb 3rd energy, don’t know where to begin

But the signal’s getting weak, I’m feeling kinda low

Watching Battle Creek fade out in the rear-view of the snow.

​Lauren’s texting me "Be safe," heart emojis in the chat

But I’m staring at the window, knowing I can’t leave it at that

I’m a phantom in the seat, hoodie up, feeling dead

Got a thousand different voices running laps inside my head.

(Running laps... running laps...)

​[1:05] PRE-CHORUS: THE TRANSIT HELL

(Beat drops out. High pitched ringing.)

12 hours? No.

24? No.

47... 48 hours in the seat!

Spine is bent, I cannot breathe!

Driver shouting, engine humming, demons pulling at my sleeve!

Is this transit? Or is this purgatory in the dark?

Michigan is fading out… I’m losing every single spark!

​[1:20] CHORUS: SYSTEM OVERLOAD

(Beat explodes. Heavy, distorted 808s. Aggressive energy.)

SYSTEM OVERLOAD!

Heart is split across the map, I’m gonna crash the code!

Left a girl in the ice, found a new one on the road!

Is it Lauren? Is it Alexis? Man, my head is gonna explode!

(EXPLODE-PLODE-PLODE)

​48 hours of static!

(STATIC-STATIC)

My brain is automatic!

(SCATTY-SCATTY)

New Bern calling, Battle Creek falling, connection is erratic!

ERROR 404: LOVE NOT FOUND.

​[1:50] VERSE 2: THE NEW SERVER

(Tempo switch. Half-time flow. Heavier, stickier bass.)

Touchdown, humid air, but the winter’s still the same

Different state, different plates, but I’m playing the same game

Walked into the room, saw her eyes, felt the voltage spike

Alexis got that energy, looking like something I like.

​But the phone is buzzing in my pocket, ghost from the past

Lauren asking "Are you there?" man, this guilt is moving fast

I’m a villain, I’m a glitch, I’m a monster in the wire

Trading snow for humidity, trading ice for the fire.

​I feel scatty, I feel loose, wires crossed inside the brain

Or maybe it’s the sleep deprivation driving me insane?

Retwisting Justice’s hair till 4 AM, trying to ground myself

(Twist it, lock it, twist it, lock it)

Trying to find a family, trying to find some wealth

But I put my old heart up on a dusty shelf.

​[2:30] BRIDGE: THE CRASH

(Drum and Bass breakbeat. Chaos. Panic.)

I don’t know who I am today!

(Friedghostly!)

Am I the dishwasher?

(Friedghostly!)

Am I the writer?

(Friedghostly!)

Am I the liar?

(Friedghostly!)

​

The Greyhound broke me, rearranged the DNA

New Bern is the spawn point, Michigan is yesterday!

Sorry Lauren, sorry exes, sorry for the mess I make

I’m just trying to survive the path that I had to take!

(I had to take it! I had to go!)

[2:55] CHORUS: SYSTEM OVERLOAD

(Maximum volume. Screaming the pain out.)

SYSTEM OVERLOAD!

Heart is split across the map, I’m gonna crash the code!

Left a girl in the ice, found a new one on the road!

Is it Lauren? Is it Alexis? Man, my head is gonna explode!

(EXPLODE-PLODE-PLODE)

48 hours of static!

(STATIC-STATIC)

My brain is automatic!

(SCATTY-SCATTY)

New Bern calling, Battle Creek falling, connection is erratic!

ERROR 404: LOVE NOT FOUND.

[3:25] OUTRO: THE REBOOT

(Beat slows down, pitch shifts down until it sounds like a machine powering off.)

Yeah...

It’s just the update.

Vitalis Codex... reloading.

Welcome to New Bern, Alex.

Don’t let the ghosts follow you here.

(Softly)

Momo, initiate Tundra Protocol.

(Click.)