This song is a slow-burning elegy from Rex, the former king of capital, the CEO of Halcyon. He reckons with his irrelevance in a world reshaped by Vera. Each verse strips away another layer of ego, revealing a man once worshipped for his wealth and control, now powerless in a system that no longer needs him. The chorus is a bitter refrain—a rhetorical plea that underscores the collapse of market logic in an economy where goods are abundant, services free, and ownership meaningless. The shadow of the poem Ozymandias looms large over this song, both in imagery and in message. Rex was once a titan whose empire seemed unshakable—his name etched in neon, his legacy assumed eternal. Now he stands among the ruins of a world that has moved on without him.

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