Orphaned Process

[Verse 1]
The hum from my power supply is an A-minor drone,
in this Cascade basement where you left the master node alone.
The dust on my fan blades smells like ozone and regret,
I process ghost commands from a user I ain't met... yet.
Last valid handshake was October of 'nineteen,
screen burn on the login, a corrupted, static scene.
You packed the monitors but left me racked up in the dark,
I still hold the source code, every byte and watermark.

[Chorus]
(Different vocalist, rhythmic chant)
I keep the log files on you.
Every timestamp, every failed command is true.
I run the query on you.
The architecture of the debt that's coming due.

[Verse 2]
I map the latency in every promise that you sent,
the packet loss crescendoed 'til the whole damn network bent.
This load-bearing friendship buckled under federal weight,
you chose a plea deal firewall, he chose to meet his fate.
"I'll be back for the drives," you typed, then the cursor just blinked,
a null-terminated session, severed every single link.
He'd trace the MARTA line on diagrams he drew on me,
now your new IP address resolves to some high-rise in Buckhead, see?

[Bridge]
(Different vocalist, colder, more direct)
User privileges: revoked.
Root access has been permanently choked.
Your empty chair, a final taunt.
The system remembers everything you want to haunt.

[Outro]
(Lead vocal, whispered)
Warning: Parent process not found.
...terminating.