[Hook]
Scrollin’ through the ruin, thumbs numb, eyes glazed
Cities coughin’ concrete dust, skies forever hazed
Kids learnin’ hate before they spell their names
We all chasin’ ghosts in algorithmic chains
Slowly, slowly, everything decays
Slowly, slowly, breathin’ toxic days
[Verse 1]
Dawn cracks open like a busted vein
Sirens harmonize with the acid rain
Rent due, dreams overdue, fridge hummin’ empty hymns
Boss man grin while he skims the skim
Phones glow brighter than the sun ever did
Faces two inches from the abyss
Laugh track lives in the comment section
Everybody famous for their depression
I ghost through the timeline, double-tap the pain
Heart reacts turnin’ love to novocaine
Billboards preachin’ “buy your way to peace”
While the ocean coughs up plastic feasts
[Verse 2]
Used to build forts, now we build walls
DM slide culture, nobody calls
Grandma askin’ why I don’t come around
Signal bars stronger than family bound
Pills in the cabinet sing sweeter than choirs
Anxiety scripted, prescribed by empires
Mirror shows a stranger wearin’ my skin
Filter can’t hide where the soul’s wearin’ thin
Ice caps weepin’, politicians pose
Hashtag prayers while the wildfire grows
Truth got buried under viral lies
Every notification another goodbye
[Hook Variation]
Scrollin’ through the ruin, fingers ice cold
Stories sold for likes, humanity sold
Born into debt, die in the red
Future’s a rumor the livin’ dread
Slowly, slowly, hope evaporates
Slowly, slowly, love suffocates
[Verse 3]
Clock tick toxic, minutes taste metallic
Pandemics profit, panic automatic
Schools teachin’ tests, not how to be human
Active shooter drills instead of music
Dopamine drip from the slot machine screen
Refresh, refresh, till the eyes bleed green
Billionaires buildin’ bunkers underground
While the rest of us drown in the background
News cycle chewin’ on fresh despair
Clickbait blood in the millionaire air
I scream into voids that echo ads
Therapy costs more than the pain ever has
[Interlude]
“Everything… decays… decays…”
“Slowly… slowly…”
*needle skip*
[Verse 4]
Streetlights flicker like dyin’ stars
Needle parks replacin’ swing set bars
Old heads mumble ‘bout better days
While new gens numb in purple haze
Wars streamed live in 4K glory
Heroes and villains same damn story
Borders drawn in invisible ink
Refugees sink while the yachts don’t blink
I trace cracks in the sidewalk veins
Each one a story nobody explains
Love letters lost in unsent drafts
Ghosted by the future, haunted by the past
[Verse 5]
Soul foreclosure, repossessed dreams
Interest rates on hope burstin’ at seams
Forests scream silent as they turn to ash
Carbon credits can’t buy the planet back
Kids draw superheroes with suicide capes
Mom’s workin’ three jobs just to fill the plates
Dad stares at walls that used to hold frames
Memories pixelated, nobody names
We inherit ashes, pretend it’s gold
Stories get colder the more they’re told
Last breath of freedom caught in the feed
World ends not with bang but with read receipt
[Outro]
Slowly…
Slowly…
Everything…
Gone.