Render Ghost

[Verse 1]
Anna, the blinking cursor on the Chene Street map
pulses over the bakery where we collapsed
in the heat of that August, two thousand and ten.
I'm drawing up plans to un-happen it then.
The click of the hard drive sounds like a lock.

[Chorus]
I run the archive command
A hairline crack across the land
You flicker on my screen and go
A render ghost in monochrome.

[Verse 2]
There's a folder inside a folder inside a ghost
of the man who swore he would hold you the most.
It was 2 AM on a Tuesday in October.
You said, "It's just data, Gwidon, ones and zeroes, it's over."
The base of the glass felt cold on my teeth.

[Chorus]
I run the archive command
A hairline crack across the land
You flicker on my screen and go
A render ghost in monochrome.

[Bridge]
The blueprint's water-damaged but the outline's holding true,
a load-bearing column I built around you.
This isn't demolition, it's a heritage site.
Just marking the ruin in cold server light.

[Outro]
The lot is empty now.
Just the .zip file and the sound.