GIGAWATT GRAVEYARD
Kicks off with a brooding organ and clatter of metallic industrial drums, layered with deep grime-soaked bass. Harpsichord, lute, and warbling flute weave old-world melodies through hard-hitting hi-hats and vinyl crackle. Verses are driven by sharp, emotive raps; choruses explode with a memorable, soaring female hook. Each section melds symphonic grandeur with raw, streetwise grit, building a dystopian texture both anthemic and confrontational.
GIGAWATT GRAVEYARD
Kicks off with a brooding organ and clatter of metallic industrial drums, layered with deep grime-soaked bass. Harpsichord, lute, and warbling flute weave old-world melodies through hard-hitting hi-hats and vinyl crackle. Verses are driven by sharp, emotive raps; choruses explode with a memorable, soaring female hook. Each section melds symphonic grandeur with raw, streetwise grit, building a dystopian texture both anthemic and confrontational.
Lyrics
Intro – distorted news clip
“Record profits… sustainable future… just turn off your lights, citizen.”
Verse 1 – male rap
They told me dim the lights, save the planet, son
While they build a new sun just to power their run
One data center drink more juice than my whole damn town
But my fridge gotta whisper so the grid don’t drown
I’m payin’ triple bills while the stock goes zoom
CEOs buy islands, I can’t heat one room
They call it progress, I call it a scam
Fuck your green future – pay my lights, damn!
Hook - female
Gigawatt graveyard – that’s where we live
They take the power, tell us what to give
Billion-dollar servers, trillion-dollar lies
While we count pennies under the skies
Gigawatt graveyard…
They fry the future while we pay the cost
Verse 2 – male rap
They said AI gon’ save us, now my job’s in the cloud
Same cloud that’s cookin’ the planet, scream it proud
One prompt, one render, one model, one lie
Suck a whole city dry just to make a cat fly
Subsidies rain on the chosen few
While my mama choose between lights and food
Greenwashing kings in private jets
Preachin’ carbon neutral while the meter resets
Hook - female + male counter-call
Gigawatt graveyard – welcome to the cage
They mine our future for minimum wage
Billion-dollar servers, trillion-dollar lies
While we count pennies under the skies
Gigawatt graveyard…
Our jobs in the ground, their stocks in the stars
Verse 3 – male rap, ad-libs
I watched the factory close, gates chained by dawn
Same week they broke ground on the new AI town
Sirens went quiet, just cranes in the sky
They said “learn to code” – then coded goodbye
I learned every language, still got replaced overnight
By a model that don’t sleep, don’t eat, don’t fight
Now my résumé’s a ghost in the feed
My skills obsolete, my family can’t eat
The only thing left is the bill in the mail
Gigawatt dreams that they never gon’ feel
Lights flicker once, then the silence moves in
Where the future used to live
Now it’s just static and sin
Final Hook - full beat back, female belts
Gigawatt graveyard – can you feel the heat?
Gigawatt graveyard – bodies in the server street
They promised us the moon, sold it for a token
Left us in the dark while the planet stay chokin’
Gigawatt… graveyard…
Turn the lights off on us
We just ghosts in the machine now.
Outro
System overload…
Or maybe… just justice.