Empires on Vapor Waves

Silver threads weave through the static sky Dreams of flight in plastic wings Of a promise, half-remembered glow We chase the horizon where the circuits sing Pulsing lights on endless drives Tomorrow folded into yesterday's tape Holograms dance in cathode haze We built our empires on vapor waves Pulsing lights on endless drives Tomorrow folded into yesterday's tape Holograms dance in cathode haze We built our empires on vapor waves Gliding through the pastel storms Jets of crystal piercing voids Memories loop in sapphire streams Futures we script and now softly gleam Gliding through the pastel storms Jets of crystal piercing voids Memories loop in sapphire streams Futures we script and now softly gleam Floating cities hum in twilight code Rockets bloom like forgotten flowers Dial tones call from orbital homes We dial the stars but stayed alone Floating cities hum in twilight code Rockets bloom like forgotten flowers Dial tones call from orbital homes We dial the stars but stayed alone But stayed alone synthetic sunsets Paint the grid wing, kiss the dawn Pixels weave our fragile throne In the loop of what we thought we'd once Synthetic sunsets paint the grid wings of alley Pixels weave our fragile throne In the loop of what we thought we'd once And the reels unwind slow unraveling thread Ghosts of progress flicker then fade to red We dreamed in binary hearts of liquid fire Chake chasinity on a finite wire Hold the signal, let it bend, retro dreams that never Pulsing lights on endless drives Tomorrow folded into yesterday's tape Holograms dance in cathode haze We built our empires on vapor waves Drift through the archive, where tomorrow's sleep Future to more reflections in a rearview deep, deep IMAC stars wink from the screen, surreal parade of what might have been Silver threads unravel soft and slow dreams dissolve into the afterglow We loop forever in a promise code retrofuturist hearts forever bestowed