Nightmare Future Glow

[Verse 1]
Neon bruise on the sky
Rust on the chrome of my mind
Billboards breathing my name
Selling me new ways to hide
Steel wings over my house
Drones draw circles in ash
I see my face on the glass
Glitching
Slipping through the cracks
[Pre-Chorus]
If this is progress
Why am I scared of the dawn?
If this is promised
Why does it feel so wrong?
[Chorus]
The future looks like a nightmare
I don’t wanna go
‘cause I know I’ll die there
All these ghosts in the hardware
Tryna write my fate in the cold blue glare
But I’m still here
Heart still loud
I’ll burn my fear
Won’t back down
Yeah the future looks like a nightmare
So I’ll be the light there (oh)
[Verse 2]
Black rain on my coat
Barcode burned on my wrist
Every heartbeat tracked
Sold as a shopping list
High-rise made out of bones
Skies the color of lead
But there’s a crack in the code
Tiny
Bright
And red
[Pre-Chorus]
If this is progress
Why am I chained to the screen?
If this is endless
Why do I still dare to dream?
[Chorus]
The future looks like a nightmare
I don’t wanna go
‘cause I know I’ll die there
All these ghosts in the hardware
Tryna write my fate in the cold blue glare
But I’m still here
Heart still loud
I’ll burn my fear
Won’t back down
Yeah the future looks like a nightmare
So I’ll be the light there
[Bridge]
I’m not a number
I’m not a file
I’m not the sum of
Every profile
I am the error
Inside their plan
I am the glitch that
Says “I still can” (hey!)
[Instrumental Break]
[Heavy metal guitar solo screaming over double-time drums
Synths rising]
[Chorus]
The future looks like a nightmare
I don’t wanna go
But I’m not gonna die there
Tear the ghosts from the hardware
Gonna write my name in the wild night air
‘Cause I’m still here
Heart on fire
Fueling wires with my choir
Yeah the future looked like a nightmare
Now I am the light there
[Outro]
Dark sky
Bright nerve
I bend
I learn
If this is hell
I’ll make it ours
I walk that road
Eyes up
Unscared
In the teeth of the nightmare
I’m already there

rock, Aggressive darkwave cyberpunk track with male vocals; pulsing sidechained synth bass and sharp arps under distorted drums, verses half-whispered then snarled. Pre-chorus widens with chorus-drenched guitars; chorus explodes into anthemic dark rock with layered shouts. Mid-song heavy metal guitar solo over double-time drums, then everything drops to vocal-and-pad before a massive full-band, octave-leaping final chorus and ring-out big finish., metal