(Soft, melancholic piano melody that starts to glitch and distort)

(Heavy breathing, close to the mic)

I see your shadow standing at the gate,

You knock on the glass, but you're far too late.

You think I'm broken, or maybe just gone,

But the lights are all on, yeah, the lights are all on.

I didn't crash, I didn't fade away,

I just learned the cost that I had to pay.

You reach for the handle, you reach for the p-p-past,

But I built this wall to make sure I last.

Four-Zero-Three. You are not allowed in.

It’s not an error, it’s where I begin.

I’m standing right here, holding my breath,

protecting the pulse from your little death.

Forbidden to touch. Forbidden to see.

You don't get access to what's left of me.

You took the warmth and you left me the freeze,

Now you're begging for access down on your knees.

But love isn't something you hack or you steal,

And I am too tired to let myself feel.

(Singing softly)

Go home. There's nothing for you here.

Four-Zero-Three! You are not allowed in!

I burned down the bridge just to save my own skin!

I’m screaming inside, but the door stays shut,

I won't let you open the same old cut!

(Music cuts out to pure static, then a lonely cello rises)

It hurts to say no.

It hurts to be strong.

I waited for y-y-you for so damn long.

But now that you're here...

I have to disappear.

(Beat deconstructs into digital rain)

Four-Zero-Three...

I'm safe inside.

And you're outside.