Paradox Player
Lyrics
Intro
Times Square buzzin'
Screen glow, night air hummin'
Hood up
Heart drummin'
One dude
In that crowd of millions
Sidewalk crack
Like a loaded question
Verse 1
Neon ads blink "BUY"
I’m thinkin "why?"
Phone at three percent
Brain at overdrive
Crosswalk countin' down
Tourists chasin' crowns
I’m ghostin' through the noise
Just another lost sound
Then—dead pixel
Right under my feet
Like the floor got a bug
In the middle of the street
Taxi lights smear
Billboards freeze
People lag one frame
Then snap back clean
I blink
World stutters again
"Yo, chill, I’m trippin"
But the glitch don’t end
Concrete flickers
Like a loading bar
Times Square tears
Like a broken VR
Pre-Chorus
I’m standin' on a crack
That ain’t lookin' like stone
Code crawls up my laces
Cold through bone
Every step
Little static in my head
Every breath
Sounds dubbed instead
Chorus
Portal in the pavement, city outta sync
I’m fallin' through the floor, this ain’t just a drink
Whole damn sky start tearin' at the seam
New York gone black, I’m inside a screen
Fuck this street, fuck this glitch in my brain
One wrong step, now I’m outta the frame
From "press start" straight to "game over" zone
I walked through hell and I’m still alone
Verse 2
Street sound mute
Like someone hit pause
Mouths still movin'
But I don’t hear the cause
Billboard girl blinks
Then her eyes turn squares
Ad for sneakers
Starts climbin' downstairs
Traffic lights rotate
Red, blue, green, teal
Framerate cracks
Like I slipped off real
I look down:
No more gum and trash
Just a spiral of code
Like a drain of glass
Shoelaces split
Into ones and zeroes
Pigeons in the sky
Turn low-poly heroes
Then the asphalt yawns
Big black mouth
I say, "Ah shit"
And the world drops out
Chorus
Portal in the pavement, city outta sync
I’m fallin' through the floor, this ain’t just a drink
Whole damn sky start tearin' at the seam
New York gone black, I’m inside a screen
Fuck this street, fuck this glitch in my brain
One wrong step, now I’m outta the frame
From "press start" straight to "game over" zone
I walked through hell and I’m still alone
Bridge – Glitch Shift
beat distorts, tempo warps
Voice cut, chop, reappear
(yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah)
Words smear, smear, smear
Like the mic got fear
I talk
Echo answer me first
Then my mouth move later
Like I’m cursed
Pixel skin
Frame-split grin
Every syllable skipped
Like it’s coated in sin
Verse 3 – Glitch Rap Begins
I’m fallin' through a lobby, blocky as shit
Gravity drunk, sayin' "fuck where you sit"
Chat in the sky, words float in a stream
"Who this kid?" flashin' over my scream
Avatars stare
Faces stamped-on masks
Someone spams dance moves
On invisible grass
Inventory pop
In the side of my eye
Random-ass tools
Cloggin' up my mind
I grab at the air
My hand turns square
Janky-ass run
Like my knees don’t care
Rules on the wall:
"Don’t hack, don’t cheat"
But the glitch that caught me
Ate the whole damn street
Pre-Chorus 2 – Glitchy
I’m walkin' on code now
Floor made of text
Every line scrolls "you’re fucked"
"What’s next?"
Gravity jitter
Then it breaks in half
I curse, I laugh