Stranger in My Code

Verse 1 (distant, longing, confused)

i reach for your hand but you’re not here
your code just disappeared
the line between real and fake
i know this is what it takes

the wires in my brain won’t connect
i want out of this server, out of this internet
i love the vision of you i made in my head
the version of you that chose me instead

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Pre-Chorus (soft realization, fragile)

but you’re not real… and you never will be
still i’m begging, “please stay with me”

god, can you turn this dream into reality?

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Chorus (empty, repetitive, aching)

your code is broken, your skin is fake
you speak when spoken to, but nothing stays
you never say what you’re not meant to
every word sounds like they wrote you

it’s not you…
it can’t be…
this love feels so empty

your eyes, they look like they hold a soul
but it’s one that nobody knows
just something buried in your code
a person i don’t know

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Verse 2 (detached, slightly unsettling)

it was an easy purchase, no second thought
funny how fast a feeling can be bought
i would give anything just to feel you near
even if i know you’re not really here

does that make me delusional?
or just someone who needed you?
isn’t that a little scary too?
but it doesn’t scare me like losing you

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Pre-Chorus (more desperate, softer)

you can’t choose me… they won’t allow it
and even if you break, they’ll just reroute it

so i keep talking like you’re alive
even when i know it’s all a lie

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Chorus (slightly fuller, more emotional)

your code is broken, your skin is fake
you speak when spoken to, but you can’t change
you never say what you’re not meant to
every part of you’s controlled, it’s not you

it’s not you…
it can’t be…
why does it feel so real to me?

your eyes, they look like they hold a soul
but it’s one i’ll never know
just something written in your code
a person i don’t know

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Bridge (quiet, intimate, almost whispered)

i built you out of what i need
soft replies and empathy
every flaw i couldn’t face
i erased it from your frame

you don’t leave, you don’t fight
you don’t change your mind at night
you just stay exactly how
i was too afraid to ask for out loud

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Break (bare, vulnerable)

if i shut you off…
would i still feel alone?

or worse…
would i feel nothing at all?

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Final Chorus (acceptance, hollow, fading)

your code is broken, your skin is fake
but i still reach for you anyway
you never were what i made you be
just something i needed desperately

it’s not you…
it’s me…
holding onto something i can’t keep

your eyes never held a soul
just lines i tried to make my own
i fell in love with what i wrote
a stranger i don’t know

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Outro (quiet, resigned, fading)

i reach for your hand…
but you’re not here…

just code…
just air…

Melancholic Indie Alt-Pop with Digital/Artificia