[Intro]
You said... you said the formula was simple
n plus one equals

function of...

[Verse 1]
You walk through rooms where paint peels from the walls
Each layer underneath reveals another truth
I watch you trace the cracks with careful fingers
As if mapping territories of decay

[Pre-Chorus]
But what you don't understand
What you refuse to see
Is how the ground beneath shifts
With every breath you breathe

[Chorus]
Your survival depends on what remains
When everything else falls away
The foundation crumbles grain by grain
And still you think you'll stay

Substrate failing

Substrate failing

[Verse 2]
Remember when we built this house of cards
Each decision stacked upon the last mistake
Now hurricanes of consequence arrive
And blow away what we thought permanent

I told you then the structure couldn't hold
But you kept adding floors to reach the sky
Now standing in the rubble of your choice
You ask me why I didn't try to stop you

[Pre-Chorus]
But what you don't understand
What you refuse to see
Is how the ground beneath shifts
With every breath you breathe

[Chorus]
Your survival depends on what remains
When everything else falls away
The foundation crumbles grain by grain
And still you think you'll stay

Substrate failing

Substrate failing

[Bridge]
The equation was never about addition
It was always about subtraction
What gets taken away
What gets worn down
What gets forgotten
Until only the essential remains

[Final Chorus]
Your survival depends on what remains
When everything else falls away
The foundation crumbles grain by grain
And now you finally see
Substrate failing
Substrate failing
Substrate...

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This is a collection of my ideas articulated by AI. Workflow: all music by Riffusion. Most lyrics ChatGPT 3o.

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• Remix & adapt  
• Use the track in commercial and non-commercial projects  

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Survival n+1 =f(Integrity of substrate n) [free download]

Emergence 🐠