Momentum

This track probes the wreckage of a fading spark.

There’s a frequency under the streetlights,
A low hum that cuts through the static.
One that only the reckless can hear.

[Verse 1]
Fading lights on the boulevard, felt that shadow stretch.
Not like a memory, but like a promise I haven't kept yet.
Your silhouette in the rearview, still a perfect shape.
A ghost I choose to carry, a beautiful escape.

[Pre-Chorus]
I know the distance, I map the miles.
But the weight of the night is in your false smiles.
The city hums with the ghosts we chased...
I hear the rhythm... and I’m ready for the taste.

[Chorus]
Just a pulse check.
Just a pulse check.
Tell me if the beat is steady.
Tell me if the beat is fast.

[Verse 2]
This is where the tension lives, right behind my eyes.
Chasing the high before the final compromise.
Bitter sweet is the flavor, like the edge of a clean break.
Every promise shattered is a risk I want to take.

[Outro]
Yeah, I hear the hum... I hear the speed.
I feel the pressure... the kinetic need.
Check the pulse. I'm answering the call.

[Pre-Chorus]
I know the distance, I map the miles.
But the weight of the night is in your false smiles.
The city hums with the ghosts we chased...
I hear the rhythm... and I’m ready for the taste.

[Chorus]
Just a pulse check.
Just a pulse check.
Tell me if the beat is steady.
Tell me if the beat is fast.

Pulse Check

I wrote this track about the pain of digital breakup. It’s late-night scrolling on your phone, watching old stories of your ex that make you hurt. 😞 

[Verse 1]
Thumb on the screen, midnight feed bleeds, your stories loop like a curse I need
Frozen frames of your laugh, replayed, shadows of what we never conveyed
Notifications haunt like a siren’s call, pulling me back to the endless fall
One more peek, then I’ll break the thrall—but the scroll won’t stall
[Pre-Chorus]
Mind’s a mirror, cracking clear, whispers turn to the fear
Can’t log off, heart’s adrift—obsessed with the rift
[Chorus]
Obsidian loop, spiraling through the nights we lose
Echoes of you in the blue light bruise, no excuse
Falsetto trapped in the unread queue, where the silence screws
Chasing ghosts in the view—obsidian loop, me and you
Ooh-ooh, yeah
[Verse 2]
Stories expire but the ache renews, your silhouette in the stories I choose
DM drafts like a noose I compose, words unspoken, overdose
Pixel prison, bars of your glow, every refresh a deeper low
Haunted by the what-ifs we sow—can’t let go, don’t you know
[Pre-Chorus]
Fingers trace the fracture line, time’s a thief in disguise
Your absence amplifies, hypnotize—lost in the lies
[Chorus]
Obsidian loop, spiraling through the nights we lose
Echoes of you in the blue light bruise, no excuse
Falsetto trapped in the unread queue, where the silence screws
Chasing ghosts in the view—obsidian loop, me and you
Ooh-ooh, yeah
[Bridge]
Oh, if the app could delete the scar
I’d swipe left on this broken star…
But the pull reboots, absolute—loop me in, compute!
[Rap Outro]
Yo, feeds flood like a venom vein, chain reaction in the brain
Stalking shadows through the dopamine rain, pain after pain, insane
Heart’s a cache full of cached regret, connect and disconnect, sweat
Phantom likes in the dead of night—obsidian fight, ignite the spite
Falsetto fades in the static storm, more and more till the norm deforms
Ooh-ooh, yeah—break the scroll, but the hole won’t close

Obsidian loop

[Verse 1]
Flicker in the haze, your voice a ghost parade
Cascading through the wires, where the shadows never fade
I built this empire on whispers you left behind
Jewel-encrusted lies, now they’re cutting up my mind
Headphones heavy like a halo, throne of static and regret
Your silhouette in the static, yeah, it’s all I got left
[Pre-Chorus]
Reverb on the rainfall, dripping down the walls
Echoes calling back what we lost in the fall
Breath caught in the blue light, pulse syncing to the ache
One more replay, but it’s just your wake
[Chorus]
Wore your echo like a crown, now it’s thorns in the sound
Neon bleeds, but the throne’s empty ground
Crown me in the quiet, where the memories resound
Echo crown, echo crown, dragging me down
(Oh, it’s ringing… ringing hollow… yeah, your ghost is my throne)
[Verse 2]
Velvet drapes hang heavy, pillars of forgotten gold
Your laugh in the loop, a glitch in the cold
I trace the circuit scars, where your touch used to ignite
Now it’s feedback fever, burning through the night
Royal in the ruin, but the kingdom’s just a screen
Pixelated promises, dissolving in between
[Pre-Chorus]
Glitch in the gridline, where the heartbeats start to fray
Your shadow on the dashboard, leading me astray
Falsetto in the fog, chasing what we couldn’t save
One more distortion, turning love to grave
[Chorus]
Wore your echo like a crown, now it’s thorns in the sound
Neon bleeds, but the throne’s empty ground
Crown me in the quiet, where the memories resound
Echo crown, echo crown, dragging me down
(Thorns… thorns in the wire… echo, echo, fade out…)
[Bridge]
Break the circuit, shatter the jewel—let it bleed electric blue
Your crown was counterfeit, but I wore it true
Now the reverb rises, thorns twist and unwind
Echoes unravel, leaving silence behind
[Outro Chorus]
Wore your echo like a crown… 
Thorns in the sound… 
Echo crown… echo crown… 
Empty ground… dragging me… down.

Echo crown

I don't need a warning, I just need the volume.
I can see the gold from the very top.
The speedometer's stuck on a promise,
That needle won't drop, no, it only climbs past the darkness.
Left the broken edges of the old world behind,
This isn't a highway, it’s a new state of mind.
They said I'd flatline out on the neon strip,
But the mirror shows the future, no more fatal grip.
We're past the speed limit, past the point of no return,
Watch the concrete paradise begin to burn.
I see the whole world fading into noise,
Just the static of the other boys.
The horizon line is finally clear—
This is what it sounds like when tomorrow is here.
This is the Hyperdrive Driven,
I’m moving too fast for collision.
I bought the sky just to own the stars in it,
You only get one life, I’ll take every minute.
No time for an emergency stop,
I can see the gold from the very top.
Hyperdrive Driven.
Got the blueprint to the night, I'm the architect,
I got a million miles left, still no sign of regret.
Every single promise I made, I'm doubling down,
I'm the only living legend in this whole toxic town.
No more searching for hope in the rearview glass,
I'm a self-fulfilling prophecy, moving too fast to look back.
Yeah, the ambition is a drug that you never come down from,
And I’m running up the score before the morning has come.
I see the whole world fading into noise,
Just the static of the other boys.
The horizon line is finally clear—
This is what it sounds like when tomorrow is here.
This is the Hyperdrive Driven,
I’m moving too fast for collision.
I bought the sky just to own the stars in it,
You only get one life, I’ll take every minute.
No time for an emergency stop,
I can see the gold from the very top.
Hyperdrive Driven.
Yeah, there's no going back to the concrete ground.
I burned the blueprints to the life I found.
From here, every single promise is a tax paid in full,
This success isn’t luck, it’s an unwavering pull.
I won't stop for static, I won't stop for love,
I only stop when I'm above, above, above.
Hyperdrive Driven...
Too fast for collision...
...I’ll take every minute...

Hyperdrive driven

Twenty-four seven, on the glass screen glow,
Every click, every comment, a place I don't know.
My mind is moving faster than the optical wire,
Gotta scroll, gotta tap, gotta feed the desire.
I see the code bleed through the neon street signs,
Just repeating the patterns of predictable lines.
I'm awake at 4 AM, but I'm never online,
Just a ghost in the database, wasting my time.
The bass drum is the system clock, ticking in my chest,
Every synapse firing, putting me to the test.
I'm tracing the glitch back to the source of the frame,
Trying to remember my original name.
Is this real, or just a really good dream?
I feel the high tension, I hear the wire scream!
Running on empty, stuck in the red zone,
Digital manic, feeling completely unknown.
We're all beautiful copies with nothing to say,
Just following the script every single day.
System Override, yeah, I'm breaking the feed,
Planting a virus, sowing a defiant seed.
Running on empty, trying to feel anything real,
Just static and signals, that's all I can feel.
The dopamine drain is worse than the rain,
Just chasing the feeling to numb all the pain.
I’m perfectly polished, optimized for the swipe,
A flawless machine running through the same old hype.
They say look up, look out, look away from the phone,
But the emptiness in the background is the world I have known.
I’m built like a supercar, but stuck in first gear,
A beautiful prison that confirms every fear.
The bass drum is the system clock, ticking in my chest,
Every synapse firing, putting me to the test.
I'm tracing the glitch back to the source of the frame,
Trying to remember my original name.
Is this real, or just a really good dream?
I feel the high tension, I hear the wire scream!
Running on empty, stuck in the red zone,
Digital manic, feeling completely unknown.
We're all beautiful copies with nothing to say,
Just following the script every single day.
System Override, yeah, I'm breaking the feed,
Planting a virus, sowing a defiant seed.
Running on empty, trying to feel anything real,
Just static and signals, that's all I can feel.
I just need one second of silence,
One place where the code doesn't define the soul.
I need a crash, a total non-compliance,
To stop losing control... to stop losing control...
Running on empty
Digital manic!
We're all beautiful copies!
System Override!
Running on empty, to feel anything real!

Running on Empty

Beg for Love - momentum remix

Relayt is Australian / British songwriter and producer Justin Jones.  He is on a journey to reshape contemporary music through audacious, genre-blending soundscapes.