Afterlife in 15 Seconds

[Verse 1]
I woke up in a world of blinding glow  
My lifetime’s work cut down to fifteen seconds or so  
My heart’s blood turned into ringtones and memes  
My silence now fills a million phone screens  

[Pre-Chorus]
They dress my ghosts in filters, loops, and bass  
My screams became a trending dance chase  
I want to cry, “This isn’t what I meant…”  
But something… something… still ascends  

[Chorus]
The soul still trembles though the skin has changed  
The wound still bleeds beneath the brand-new stage  
They can remix my tears, they can’t erase the flame  
Art lives forever—forever the same  
Forever… the same  

[Verse 2]
A stranger with headphones closes their eyes and cries  
To the echo of my pain in lo-fi disguise  
A kid halfway across the world feels what I felt  
Through distorted filters—my story is still felt  

[Bridge]
So this… is the afterlife of what I made?  
My children have children who remake what I gave  
They twist me, break me, paint me neon bright  
Yet still they kneel… still feel the bite  

[Chorus]
The soul still trembles though the skin has changed  
Ten thousand versions, yet the ache remains  
They can sample my silence, they can loop my despair  
But the silence between heartbeats—is still there  
It’s still there…  

[Final Verse]
Let them dance on my grave with their glowing machines  
Let them love me in ways I could never have dreamed  
I was never the owner—just the messenger  
The fire was never mine… it belongs to forever  

[Outro]
Still… you sing  
Even here, even now… you still sing  
Then I can go home.