Wake Me Up When It's Star Trek
Tempo ~90 BPM, 4/4, key of C minor. Boom Bap, Synth-Funk, Glitch Hop, Chamber Pop, Cinematic Bass. Bitter, nocturnal, slick, confrontational, wounded, sarcastic, hypnotic, cold but catchy. Feminine emo rap vocal with a bruised, half-sung cadence, intimate verses, sharper bite in the hook, loose melodic phrasing, and occasional layered doubles for emphasis. Dusty boom bap drums, dry snare cracks, deep sub bass, warped synth-funk bassline, chopped glitch edits, warm keys, tense chamber strings, plucked orchestral accents, moody piano, vinyl grit, reverse swells, and heavy cinematic low-end hits. Keep it head-nodding and stylish, with soulful warmth under the attitude and dramatic tension rising around the hook.
Wake Me Up When It's Star Trek
Tempo ~90 BPM, 4/4, key of C minor. Boom Bap, Synth-Funk, Glitch Hop, Chamber Pop, Cinematic Bass. Bitter, nocturnal, slick, confrontational, wounded, sarcastic, hypnotic, cold but catchy. Feminine emo rap vocal with a bruised, half-sung cadence, intimate verses, sharper bite in the hook, loose melodic phrasing, and occasional layered doubles for emphasis. Dusty boom bap drums, dry snare cracks, deep sub bass, warped synth-funk bassline, chopped glitch edits, warm keys, tense chamber strings, plucked orchestral accents, moody piano, vinyl grit, reverse swells, and heavy cinematic low-end hits. Keep it head-nodding and stylish, with soulful warmth under the attitude and dramatic tension rising around the hook.
Lyrics
Rent due again just to stand on the floor
Scroll through feeds, everybody selling dreams
While I’m budgeting my meals down to beans
They got rooms where the walls make a scene
Whole worlds rendered clean, living inside a machine
I got screens that just numb me at night
They got stories you can step in and write
I got groceries I stretch for a week
They just ask and a plate appears warm in reach
I clock hours just to barely stay fed
They outgrew the idea of a job for bread
We got tech but it’s aimed at control
They got systems that actually serve a soul
I chase time just to stay where I’m at
They moved past all the traps we call “that’s just fact”
Take me where I don’t have to fight to exist
Where a life isn’t something you barely afford to fix
Where the weight don’t sit heavy on every choice I make
Where the future don’t feel like a slow mistake
If there’s a world where it all aligns
I’m just living here passing time
They face threats that could shatter a star
Still got time to ask who we really are
We lose power and the whole day breaks
They reroute systems in a couple takes
They meet species that don’t think like us
Still find ways to build up trust
We can’t handle a shift in tone
They rewrite peace on a global zone
Their worst case is a paradox
Temporal glitch or a system lock
My worst case is a life on loop
Same four walls and a shrinking group
Even chaos there feels contained
Like they studied the loss and then trained the pain
If that’s crisis, I’ll take that view
Over everything we keep pushing through
Where a life isn’t something you barely afford to fix
Where the weight don’t sit heavy on every choice I make
Where the future don’t feel like a slow mistake
If there’s a world where it all aligns
I’m just living here passing time
Funny thing is they burned it down first
History there had to get worse
We’re on track for the same old script
Same tensions rising, same tight grip
They hit breaking point, then they rebuilt clean
Turned collapse into something serene
So maybe there’s a line I can cross
Trade this era, skip the loss
Seal me up in a frozen sleep
Let the years run wild while I’m buried deep
Wake me up when the dust is gone
When the noise dies out and the next world’s on
If it takes a war just to clear the slate
Then I’ll wait it out past the worst of fate
Three hundred years, I can miss this phase
Come back when we’ve outgrown these days
Take me where I don’t have to fight to exist
Where a life isn’t something you barely afford to fix
Where the weight don’t sit heavy on every choice I make
Where the future don’t feel like a slow mistake
If there’s a world where it all aligns
I’m just living here passing time