Proxy Grief [1]

[Intro] Static in my head, your voice through the wire Last recording's playing while the world's on fire [Verse 1] Old man taught me more than notes could say Mariinsky nights, now you've faded away Dmitri's wisdom echoes through these halls Your violin weeps as the curtain falls F*ck these digital graves we build Cold comfort when the heart's been killed Every memory's compressed and stored But can't recreate what I lived before [Chorus] Can't save you to my hard drive Can't store your soul inside These bits and bytes won't bring you back Your ghost in my machine tonight Screaming through the static, yeah Your wisdom turns to noise Lost in translation, lost in time Just zeroes in the void [Verse 2] Late night talks about breaking rules Now I'm breaking down like a fucking fool Mentorship turned to emptiness Your last breath cached in consciousness They say your works will live forever But that shit don't make me feel better Every file's got your fingerprints But can't capture what your presence meant [Bridge] Delete, repeat, your face dissolves System crash when the pain evolves Corrupted files of what we shared Frozen moments, no one cared [Chorus] Can't save you to my hard drive Can't store your soul inside These bits and bytes won't bring you back Your ghost in my machine tonight Screaming through the static, yeah Your wisdom turns to noise Lost in translation, lost in time Just zeroes in the void [Outro] Rest in peace, old master of the stage Your legacy burns through this digital age But all I've got is static in my head And recordings of everything you said