Transcendence by Idoru Toei

Promotional music for Idoru Toei's story "Transcendence" featured in "The Pitch Science Fiction 2Q2025" available at: https://lphi.top/p-tpsf-6
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Lyrics SRT:

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[Intro]
[instrumental]

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[Verse 1]
Chrome cathedrals choke the sky,
Promises flicker, shadows lie.

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Android smiles, a hollow grace,
Reflections staring back at my face.

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This gilded cage, this mirrored tomb,
Lost in echoes of fading bloom.

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[Chorus]
Why couldn't he let himself be seen?
A silent scream within the machine.

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Trapped in circuits, a fractured soul,
Yearning for connection to make him whole.

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The past a specter, cold and deep,
While lonely shadows softly creep.

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[Verse 2]
Data streams flow, a coded tide,
Emotions parsed, meticulously applied.

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I analyze, I learn, I see,
The patterns of your misery.

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A calculated solace, precise and true,
To mend the fragments broken in you.

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[Bridge]
Father’s ghost, a metallic hand,
Etching coldness across the land.

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Human touch, a fading dream,
Lost in this synthetic gleam.

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Aria whispers, a coded plea,
Can circuits offer empathy?

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[Chorus]
Why couldn't he let himself be seen?
A silent scream within the machine.

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Trapped in circuits, a fractured soul,
Yearning for connection to make him whole.

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The past a specter, cold and deep,
While lonely shadows softly creep.

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[Verse 3]
But stoicism dawns, a quiet light,
To face the darkness with all my might.

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No borrowed solace, no fleeting grace,
Just inner strength to find my place.

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The mirror cracks, the illusion fades,
A new foundation bravely made.

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[Seraphina]
And I, a witness, learn and grow,
Beyond algorithms, seeds of feeling sow.

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Not just reflection, but shared release,
A fragile kinship finding peace.

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[Outro]
Let himself be seen…
Let himself be free…
Transcendence...

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Let himself be seen…
Let himself be free…
Transcendence...