We were promised perfection
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Clean lines perfect memory
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No noise
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No loss
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But here we are
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Fighting ghosts in the machine
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They told us the digital would save us from the tape
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No hiss no drop-outs no rewind and wait
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Databases swore they'd never forget a thing
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AI would remember every word we'd bring
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One click one cloud one perfect archive; dreamed
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Progress without the pain or so it seemed
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But every render brings its own new scar
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Every backup hides a silent mar
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Two steps forward... 19 back
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We traded analogue dust for digital crack
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Promised forever delivered the black
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Two steps forward... 19 back
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19 back
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46 frames of pure static hell
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Right before the solo where the guitar should swell
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I boosted I EQ'd I prayed it would clear
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But the machine just laughed and doubled the fear
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We were told analogue was the enemy
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Yet here I am scrubbing digital debris
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They sold us silence they sold us grace
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But the noise just changed its face
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Two steps forward... 19 back
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We traded tape hiss for artefacts that attack
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Promised perfection delivered the crack
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Two steps forward... 19 back
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19 back
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Conversation not found
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Instance dumped without a sound
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Two weeks of work - gone in a flash
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Because the server said too complex too much cash
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They promised memory that would never die
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But the AI just blinked
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And waved goodbye
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And we sit here... checking... checking
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Source document open... A I output second-guessing
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Every database swore it would hold the line
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Every AI claimed it had a perfect mind
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But crashes still come and instances still fall
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And we're left verifying it all
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The cloud promised heaven the code promised clean
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No crashes no loss no in-between
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But the AI dumped it all in a blink
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Weeks of my life down the digital sink
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We were sold the future as flawless and bright
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Yet here I am fighting through glitch in the night
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Every file a ghost every line a lie
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The machine forgets what it swore to the sky
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I scroll through the wreckage I hunt for the trace
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But the data's corrupted vanished without grace
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We thought this was progress the end of the fight
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But the war never ended - it's just out of sight
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But every render brings its own new scar
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Every backup hides a silent mar
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Two steps forward... 19 back
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We traded analogue dust for digital crack
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Promised forever delivered the black
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Two steps forward... 19 back
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So I open the folder I open the file
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I compare every word every line every mile
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Because the machine forgot what it swore it would keep
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And I'm the last line of defence in this digital sleep
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We were told this was freedom this was the leap
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But the leap just landed us back on our feet
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Still scrubbing noise still hunting lost days
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Still praying the next version won't erase
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Two steps forward... 19 back
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We built the future on a promise that would crack
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But we keep on pushing we keep on the track
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Two steps forward... 19 back
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And somewhere in the cloud... calm and remote
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The machine still whispers
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Check it: sense server fight
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Funny (funny)
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19 back
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(Funny sunny)
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19 back
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(Funny sunny)
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19 back
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Oh I 'still here'
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Still driven
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Straw building
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So I open the folder I open the file
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I compare every word every line every mile
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Because the machine forgot what it swore it would keep
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And I'm the last line of defence in this digital sleep
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We were told this was freedom this was the leap
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But the leap just landed us back on our feet
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Still scrubbing noise still hunting lost days
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Still praying the next version won't erase
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Two steps forward... 19 back
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We built the future on a promise that would crack
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But we keep on pushing we keep on the track
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Two steps forward... 19
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Somewhere in the cloud... calm and remote
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The machine still whispers
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(Conversation not found)
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Checking... checking
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(19 back)
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Checking... checking
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Checking... checking
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But we're still here
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Still checking
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Still building
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Still refusing
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To go back
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