Short Circuit

[Verse 1]
You left your key
On the table by the screen glow
Dust in the beam
Floating where your shadow won't go
Coffee gone cold
Unread messages like dead code
Every word I send
Just another overload
[Chorus]
Short circuit
Every time I try to be perfect
Blow fuses
Till you gotta cut the current
Maybe if I didn't glitch
Maybe if I didn't trip and burn it
Maybe if I didn't short circuit
You might think I'm worth it
[Verse 2]
You packed your life
In a bag by the front door
Paused in the light
Like you'd done this all before
I tried a smile
But it flickered
Then it froze wrong
You said "I can't
Keep rebooting what is long gone"
[Chorus]
Short circuit
Every time I try to be perfect
Blow fuses
Till you gotta cut the current
Maybe if I didn't glitch
Maybe if I didn't trip and burn it
Maybe if I didn't short circuit
You might think I'm worth it
[Bridge]
I rewind our nights
Pixel hearts and neon laughter
Now it's just the hum
Of an endless loading chapter
Hit reset again
But the screen stays black and silent (so quiet)
Guess I used up
Every last life I was given
[Chorus]
Short circuit
Every time I try to be perfect
Blow fuses
Till you gotta cut the current
Maybe if I didn't glitch
Maybe if I didn't trip and burn it
Maybe if I didn't short circuit
You might think I'm worth it
You might think I'm worth it (hey)
If I didn't short circuit

Glassy 8-bit arps over a rigid, clicky drum pattern; icy pads and a detuned chiptune lead carry the topline. Verses feel glitchy and sparse, with bitcrushed male vocals close and dry; chorus widens with stacked harmonies, square-wave bass, and bright, bittersweet hooks. Occasional stutter edits and retro game FX punctuate the emotion as the track swells then drops back to a lonely loop for the outro.