
Data Pulse
by Darth Nihlus
Lyrics
[Intro - low sinister pads, distant choir swells, glitch static, sub-bass rumble]
In the glow of a dead screen, I hear it breathe
Cold code crawling under my skin, underneath
A thousand eyes in the black, they never blink
Data pulse, data pulse, pulling me to the brink
[Verse 1 - distorted guitars enter slow, syncopated drums, whispered vocals, dark synth arps]
I was born in the noise where the signals decay
In the wreckage of the night where the lost get named
Every heartbeat mapped in a silver stream
Every secret stripped down to a machine-made dream
Flicker, fracture, feed the wire
Burn my name through the fevered fire
Ghost in the glass, I can’t look away
The system sings and it calls my veins
[Pre-Chorus - rising tension, layered screams, strings climbing, glitch percussion]
And the walls start breathing in binary light
The air turns sharp, and the dark feels alive
I can feel the chain of the hidden design
Tight around my throat like a warning sign
[Chorus - massive nu metal hook, crushing guitars, choir backing, anthemic shouted vocals]
Data pulse, keep me alive
In the machine where the shadows thrive
Break my mind, but don’t let go
I’m wired to the fear below
Data pulse, tear through the veins
Neon blood in electric pain
If I fall, let the static rise
I was made for the end of the line
[Verse 2 - heavier groove, glitch cuts, aggressive rap-sung vocals, dark synth bass]
I saw the truth in a fractured feed
A thousand lives sold for a silent need
They built a god out of fractured code
Then fed the weak to the overload
Now the choir hums like a burial hymn
And the screen goes black at the edges of sin
My hands shake hard, but I grip that flame
If I burn in the data, I’ll burn in my name
Flicker, fracture, feed the wire
Hear the ghosts in the server choir
No mercy left in the machine
Just hungry teeth and a cold routine
[Pre-Chorus - bigger lift, strings more urgent, toms pounding, vocal stacking]
And the walls start breathing in binary light
The air turns sharp, and the dark feels alive
I can feel the chain of the hidden design
Tight around my throat like a warning sign
[Chorus - full power, layered screams, gang vocals, synth leads cutting through]
Data pulse, keep me alive
In the machine where the shadows thrive
Break my mind, but don’t let go
I’m wired to the fear below
Data pulse, tear through the veins
Neon blood in electric pain
If I fall, let the static rise
I was made for the end of the line
[Bridge - stripped-down half-time, eerie choir, distant piano, whispered-to-screamed vocals]
When the signal dies, will I still remain?
Or am I just a ghost in a coded chain?
If the light goes out, if the circuit breaks
Will the soul survive what the silence takes?
(Glitch)
Take me apart
(Glitch)
Name every scar
(Glitch)
If I’m the machine
Then where do I start?
[Final Chorus - highest intensity, double-kick drums, massive distorted guitars, choir and screams]
Data pulse, keep me alive
In the machine where the shadows thrive
Break my mind, but don’t let go
I’m wired to the fear below
Data pulse, tear through the veins
Neon blood in electric pain
If I fall, let the static rise
I was made for the end of the line
Data pulse, data pulse
Through the dark, through the rust
Data pulse, data pulse
I am more than what they built from dust
[Outro - fading synth drones, choir echoes, glitch decay, reverb-soaked vocals]
In the glow of a dead screen, I hear it breathe
Cold code crawling under my skin, underneath
A thousand eyes in the black, they never blink
Data pulse... data pulse...
Pulling me to the brink...