Magnetic Dust

[Intro]
[Verse]
Cardboard box beneath the eaves
Dusty sleeves and plastic leaves
Found the drive, it still believes
Boot it up, the ghost perceives
Labels faded, ink is thin
Let the ancient search begin
Spinning up the rust within
Shedding off my adult skin
[Pre-Chorus]
Whirring like a tiny heart
Tearing logic all apart
Sector one is where we start
Pixelated abstract art
[Chorus]
Disk read error, try again
I was only ten back then
Lines of code I wrote in pen
Welcome to the digital den
Glitch in the system, light in the dark
Childhood ignited by a magnetic spark
[Post-Chorus]
Retry, Ignore, Fail
Leave a digital trail
The signal is getting frail
Inside this plastic shell
[Verse]
Type the word to win the race
Silly sprites in outer space
Input name in every space
I can see my younger face
Syntax error, line forty-four
Open up the secret door
What was I even looking for?
Searching through the attic floor
[Hook]
Debug the dream
Stitch the seam
Flicker on the screen
Pure and serene
[Chorus]
Disk read error, spinning slow
Secrets only children know
Where did all the logic go?
Watch the phosphor start to glow
Glitch in the system, light in the dark
Childhood ignited by a magnetic spark
[Bridge]
Unselfconscious lines of play
Wrote them on a rainy day
Now the bits are turning gray
Slowly drifting far away
But the logic stays the same
Before I knew the rules of the game
I was winning every frame
With no one left to blame
[Breakdown]
Abort, Retry, Fail
System status: Pale
Checksum mismatch
Lift the latch
[Chorus]
Disk read error, let it go
Everything I used to know
Buried in the status row
High above and down below
Glitch in the system, light in the dark
Childhood ignited by a magnetic spark
[Post-Chorus]
Retry, Ignore, Fail
Leave a digital trail
The signal is getting frail
Inside this plastic shell
[Outro]