[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
Dust on the keyboard, three dead pixels on the left
The router blinks like it forgot what it once meant
I count the coffee rings on plywood — seven... eight
The wallpaper still loads from nineteen ninety-eight
[Verse 2]
My slippers know the path from bed to desk by heart
The kettle clicks, my only conversation after dark
A spider built her web between the speakers, left to right
She's lived here longer, she has more to say tonight
[Chorus]
Run the dust protocol
Wipe the screen but keep the scratches
Run the dust protocol
Each smudge a fingerprint that matches
[Verse 3]
The saved game still remembers where I paused at twelve
A dragon waits in silence, more patient than myself
My mother's voice on tape... the static ate the vowels
But I can hear her laugh between the analog howls
[Chorus]
Run the dust protocol
Wipe the screen but keep the scratches
Run the dust protocol
Each smudge a fingerprint that matches
[Outro]
Dust collects on everything we love...
Dust collects on everything...