Used to be a trend a moment
Now I'm a memory in a cached file
Refresh refresh nothing
The charts were a skyline I was the newest light
A constellation built on a hashtag overnight
Blended baroque with a broken 808
They called it"uni-style"said it was a mistake that shook the state
Now the comments are a ghost town just the echo of my name
The algorithm's moved on to a newer shinier game
My love life's on the same Wi-Fi a weak connection starting to fade
Guess a"flop"in the bedroom's the sequel the universe made
And I'm scrolling through the highlights of a life I used to lead
A beautiful glitch that nobody needs
The quiet is so violent a different kind of speed
Oh this is the flop the great dissolve
No dramatic crash just a silent resolve
From a headline to a footnote a story that's been solved
I'm a trend that's been told a mystery that's been resolved
Spinning in the static waiting to evolve
I see my replacement she's twenty-two and bittersweet
Dancing in a filter that I designed last week
My friends all talk in whispers"How's the artist doing now"
Their pity is a blanket that's suffocating anyhow
They say"Get a real job maybe something in design"
Trade the stage for a desk and finally toe the line
But how do you resign from the rhythm in your blood
How do you un-see the stars from the mud
And I'm scrolling through the highlights of a life I used to lead
A beautiful glitch that nobody needs
The quiet is so violent a different kind of speed
Oh this is the flop the great dissolve
No dramatic crash just a silent resolve
From a headline to a footnote a story that's been solved
I'm a trend that's been told a mystery that's been resolved
Spinning in the static waiting to evolve
Maybe a flop's not a failure
Maybe it's a factory reset
Burn the brand down to the embers
Just to see what's breathing under all the glitter and the vet
regret
Maybe the bottom is just a blank page
Maybe the silence is the price the universe pays
For a second act
From a headline to a footnote
A glitch in the algorithm
A ghost in the machine
A flop a flop
But the beat
the beat still
glitches on
