Press Any Key to Wake Up

[Intro: A fragmented melody plays in reverse, distant modem noises hum beneath it.]
[Spoken, monotone, like an automated prompt.]
"Loading environment… Please wait.
Estimated completion: unknown."

[A soft, pulsing synth fades in, joined by a distant heartbeat-like kick drum.]

[Verse 1: Soft, almost whispered vocals, layered in a dreamy haze.]
Cursor blinks, a silent stare,
A question box appears midair.
"Press any key to wake up now,"
But I don’t know how.

Drop-down menus loop again,
Selections lost before they send.
Am I the glitch? Am I the ghost?
Or just a file that never closed?

[Pre-Chorus: Glitchy backing vocals echo and fade, the synth arpeggios speed up slightly, vocals subtly desync.]
Am I stuck inside a dream?
Or am I trapped inside the screen?
Every option lo-o-o-ops again… [glitches, echoes unnaturally]
Restart? Undo? Exit? Send?

[Chorus: Haunting, melancholic, layered harmonies swell as the beat glitches in and out.]
Press any key to wake up,
But every key just takes me deeper.
I try to leave, but the room just reloads.
Another life, another fever…

[A robotic voice whispers, distorted: “ACCESS DENIED.”]

[Verse 2: The beat stumbles, the bassline shifts slightly out of sync.]
Drop-down windows, endless scroll,
An error message eats the whole.
"Do you accept these terms and laws?"
But I don’t recall a choice at all.

A user name I don’t recall,
A password carved into the wall.
Am I awake? Am I alone?
Or just a copy of my own?

[Pre-Chorus: A subtle ticking noise builds, as if time is running out.]
Am I stuck inside a dream?
Or am I trapped inside the screen?
Every option lo-o-o-ops again… [glitches, echoes unnaturally]
Restart? Undo? Exit? Send?

[Chorus: More intense, vocal layers swirl, the beat skips unpredictably.]
Press any key to wake up,
But every key just takes me deeper.
I try to leave, but the room just reloads.
Another life, another fever…

[A sudden static burst—then the music fades to almost nothing, leaving only a distant, echoing piano note.]

[Bridge: The music slows into a warped, stretched-out atmosphere—like reality is breaking down.]
[Spoken, layered robotic voices overlap and stutter, words cutting in and out.]
"Critical… crit… crit-CRITICAL ERROR. Ident—id—identity conflict detec—" [glitch, abrupt silence]

[Soft, human whisper, almost apologetic.]
"I don’t think I was ever real."

[A brief silence. Then, a reversed melody swells, pulling the song back into the final chorus.]

[Final Chorus: Feels like an emotional climax, but the music is barely holding together, glitches ripple through it.]
Press any key to wake up,
But every key just takes me deeper.
I try to leave, but the room just reloads.
Another life, another fever…

[The final note holds, stretching endlessly—then suddenly glitches backward for a split second—before cutting to total silence.]

[Outro: A faint, electronic voice lingers, barely audible.]
"Session terminated.
Please remain seated."

[A single beep—then nothing.]