If we flatline, we flatline together... (garage)
cyberpunk+uk garage, heavy, distorted, high volume and energy, punchy techy sounds, at 145 bpm with intricate syncopation Bass and Drop Design: -Complex wobbling mid-bass with pitch modulation, -Layered distorted sub-bass + clean sine layer, -Riddim-style syncopation and occasional triplets, Leads and Melodics: -Bright, detuned supersaw leads for melodies, -Short plucks and stabs in higher frequencies for rhythm, -Vocal chops, sometimes heavily processed with formant shifts, Percussion: -Punchy, clean kicks with snappy snares, -Triplets and glitchy hi-hats, sometimes heavily gated, -Crash and FX emphasis for drops, Sound Design & FX: -Filter automation, phasers, and wobble LFOs, -Glitch effects, stutters, bitcrush on secondary layers, -Sweeps, risers, impacts, and metallic textures for tension/release, Mix & Atmosphere -Wide stereo imaging, but tight low-end, -Dynamic contrasts between minimal verses and “maxed-out” drops, -Aggressive energy but melodic overtones for emotional lift
If we flatline, we flatline together... (garage)
cyberpunk+uk garage, heavy, distorted, high volume and energy, punchy techy sounds, at 145 bpm with intricate syncopation Bass and Drop Design: -Complex wobbling mid-bass with pitch modulation, -Layered distorted sub-bass + clean sine layer, -Riddim-style syncopation and occasional triplets, Leads and Melodics: -Bright, detuned supersaw leads for melodies, -Short plucks and stabs in higher frequencies for rhythm, -Vocal chops, sometimes heavily processed with formant shifts, Percussion: -Punchy, clean kicks with snappy snares, -Triplets and glitchy hi-hats, sometimes heavily gated, -Crash and FX emphasis for drops, Sound Design & FX: -Filter automation, phasers, and wobble LFOs, -Glitch effects, stutters, bitcrush on secondary layers, -Sweeps, risers, impacts, and metallic textures for tension/release, Mix & Atmosphere -Wide stereo imaging, but tight low-end, -Dynamic contrasts between minimal verses and “maxed-out” drops, -Aggressive energy but melodic overtones for emotional lift
Lyrics
Verse 1
Skybox lagging, oceans cooked, timeline desynced, nobody looked (mm)
Corpos farming panic clicks, doomscroll dopamine drip-fed hooks (yeah)
Chrome kids praying to the grid, rent due, soul on installment plan (uh)
World’s on hard mode, no tutorial, rawdogging collapse again (okay)
Chorus
We don’t sleep, we buffer (no sleep)
Eyes fried, nerves stutter (too loud)
Whole globe feeling kinda bricked (lowkey)
Yeah the future’s cooked, no rubber (it is)
We don’t sleep, we buffer (still here)
City screams through the gutter (echo)
Laugh it off till the servers quit (haha)
If we flatline, we flatline together (don’t look)
Post-Chorus (Hook) (soft, catchy)
Still up, still dumb (mm-mm)
Heart glitch, don’t run (don’t)
Say we’re fine, then none (yeah)
Reload… reload… (again)
Verse 2
Politicos running legacy code, same bug since the cold war build (again)
Talking peace while they proxy beef, farm XP off somebody killed (that part)
Markets tweaking, vibes unstable, crypto bros went ghost last year (where’d you go?)
Hope comes shrink-wrapped, terms apply, cancel anytime, disappear (bye)
Chorus
We don’t sleep, we buffer (no sleep)
Eyes fried, nerves stutter (too much)
Whole globe feeling kinda bricked (be honest)
Yeah the future’s cooked, no rubber (you know)
We don’t sleep, we buffer (still lit)
City screams through the gutter (hear it)
Laugh it off till the servers quit (nervous laugh)
If we flatline, we flatline together (say less)
Post-Chorus (Hook)
Still up, still dumb (mm-mm)
Heart glitch, don’t run (don’t)
Say we’re fine, then none (yeah)
Reload… reload… (again)
Verse 3
AI ghosts writing bedtime lies, telling us we’re “almost there” (sure)
Water’s rationed, heat’s insane, still gotta clock in, still gotta care (clocked)
Everyone’s got a side hustle, personality’s DLC (extra)
Authenticity behind a paywall, selfhood leased at MSRP (that’s crazy)
Bridge (airy, half-sung)
Scroll… pause… dissociate (breathe)
Ad breaks mid-apocalypse (of course)
They say “touch grass” — there is none (nope)
Just loading bars and riot cops (look away)
Verse 4
Street cams judge your walk speed, social credit’s vibes-based now (watch it)
Say the wrong thing, get soft-deleted, shadowbanned from real-life crowds (too real)
But we still link, still laugh too loud, still steal joy where we can (yeah)
Even if the world’s a gonked-out sim, we’re not uninstalling yet (not yet)
Final Chorus
We don’t sleep, we buffer (one more)
Eyes fried, nerves stutter (hold on)
Whole globe feeling kinda bricked (same time)
Yeah the future’s cooked, no rubber (still cute though)
We don’t sleep, we buffer (run it)
Middle finger to the gutter (mm-hm)
If the end’s queued up next to hit (wait)
Run it back — one more life, one more try (again)
Final Post-Chorus (Outro feel) (stripped, whispered)
Still up, still dumb (mm)
Heart glitch, don’t run (stay)
Say we’re fine, then none (lie)
Reload… reload… (fade out)