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I turn the dial, I hear my name, But the voice is off, the lips don’t match. A thousand signals, all the same, All calling out—but I can’t catch. Live from the multiverse, tune right in! Every version of you is listening in. Same transmission, different face— Who’s the real one? Can you say? A joke I told, but now it’s wrong. The punchline lands a second late. Like someone else just pressed delay.
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"Good evening… or morning… or never. You are tuned in to… something. A place where every version of you is speaking at once… And none of them are telling the truth." I turn the dial, I hear my name, But the voice is off, the lips don’t match. A thousand signals, all the same, All calling out—but I can’t catch. A laugh from me I’ve never heard, A joke I told but not this way. The punchline lands a second late, Like someone else just pressed delay. Am I here? (Here… there… nowhere…) Am I there? (There… air… aware…) Am I lost inside the air? Every channel, every screen— Someone else who looks like me. Live from the multiverse, tune right in! Every version of you is listening in. Same transmission, different face— Who’s the real one? Can you say? A station plays a song I wrote, But not the way I wrote it down. The melody is upside-down, The lyrics spell my name somehow. And there’s my voice inside the feed, Saying words I haven’t said. Do I speak, or just repeat A thought I borrowed from the dead? Am I here? (Here… there… nowhere…) Am I there? (There… air… aware…) Am I trapped inside the air? Every signal, every stream— Someone else who looks like me. Live from the multiverse, tune right in! Every version of you is listening in. Same transmission, different face— Who’s the real one? Can you say? "You're listening—listening—echo—echo—hasn’t happened yet—happened yet—YESTERDAY’S TOMORROW—" [glitch, sudden silence] Live from the multiverse, tune right in… Every version of you is listening in… Same transmission, different face… Who’s the real one? Can you sa-a-a-ay… [glitches, distorts] "Don’t turn it off. It’s still listening."
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