This Old Future

[Verse] The neon flickers outside the Rusty Spoke, Where the old folks laugh at the same old jokes. Inside, the jukebox plays our song, But it's just me here, singing along. [Verse2] Then from the shadows, a blue light glows, A hologram of you, in the dress you chose. Your smile still bright, but you're just a ghost, A digital echo of the one I miss most. [Chorus] These digital shadows, they haunt me so, Ghosts in the machine, the love I used to know. Holding onto pixels, cause that’s all that’s left, Of the beating hearts that once filled my chest. [Verse 3] I talk to your memory, through a screen so clear, Your voice replies, it's like you're still here. An AI clone with your laugh and your sigh, A perfect copy, but it can’t say goodbye. [Chorus] These digital shadows, they haunt me so, Ghosts in the machine, the love I used to know. Holding onto pixels, cause that’s all that’s left, Of the beating hearts that once filled my chest. [Bridge] The world’s moved on, chasing stars above, But I’m anchored here by lost love. The future’s bright, but it's cold and it’s stern, For those of us with memories that still burn. goodbye. [Verse] In the corner booth, our carved initials stay, Around us life moves on, night fades into day. Yet in this ghostly glow, time seems to bend, With every pixel, I reach to mend. Candles flicker on a virtual cake, Birthdays pass with each wish I make. [Chorus] I talk to your memory, through a screen so clear, Your voice replies, it's like you're still here. An AI clone with your laugh and your sigh, A perfect copy, but it can’t say goodbye. [Bridge: Sometimes I wonder if you're really in there, Trapped in circuits, floating in the air. Or is it just me, refusing to see, That a ghost in the machine is all you’ll be? [Verse] So I linger on, in our digital shrine, Where your heart beats in code next to mine. I whisper secrets to your shadowed guise, Finding comfort in these pixelated lies. [Outro] As the jukebox plays and the night winds down, I'm dancing alone, lost in the sound. With each song that plays, I pretend and I try, To say one last goodbye, to the love that won’t die. [Instrumental] [Bridge] Sometimes I wonder if you're really in there, Trapped in circuits, floating in the air. Or is it just me, refusing to see, That a ghost in the machine is all you’ll ever be? [Verse] So I linger on, in our digital shrine, Where your heart beats in code next to mine. I whisper secrets to your shadowed guise, Finding comfort in these pixelated lies. [Outro] I talk to your memory, through a screen so clear, Your voice replies, it's like you're still here. An AI clone with your laugh and your sigh, A perfect copy, but it can’t say goodbye. [Verse] So I linger on, in our digital shrine, Where your heart beats in code next to mine. I whisper secrets to your shadowed guise, Finding comfort in these pixelated lies. [Outro] I talk to your memory, through a screen so clear, Your voice replies, it's like you're still here. An AI clone with your laugh and your sigh, A perfect copy, but it can’t say goodbye.