Text:
[Verse]
Said I was supposed to meet a buddy
In town at eight but now it's eight-forty-three
She asked if I'm good I said not really
I think I caught the road rage
But all my other roads are okay

[Prechorus]
I mean it could be worse
This could be a hearse

[Chorus]
Live is a joke or not
Life is a game or not
We don't get out alive
And I'm just killing time
I might as well enjoy the ride
Life is a joke or not
Life is a game or not
We don't get out alive
And I'm just killing time
I might as well enjoy the ride

(solo)

[Verse 2]
And my truck broke down on the freeway
But at least it ain't the high way
I'm lucky to be born in the U.S.A
'Cause the only fire's in my driveway
But I don't even smoke
No

[Prechorus]
I mean it could be worse
Could've put it in reverse

[Chorus]
Live is a joke or not
Life is a game or not
We don't get out alive
And I'm just killing time
I might as well enjoy the ride
Life is a joke or not
Life is a game or not
We don't get out alive
And I'm just killing time
I might as well enjoy the ride

(solo)

[Chorus]
Live is a joke or not
Life is a game or not
We don't get out alive
And I'm just killing time
I might as well enjoy the ride
Life is a joke or not
Life is a game or not
We don't get out alive
And I'm just killing time
I might as well enjoy the ride

Live Is a Joke or Not

Text:
Verse 1
They drew the lines upon the sky,
Named the years, let the ages fly.
A monk’s hand, a church’s scroll,
Built the time that binds our soul.

Pre-Chorus
From sun and moon to number’s law,
They shaped the clock, they wrote the draw.

Chorus
Chronos makers, who set the line?
Who owns the hour, who owns the time?
Between the seconds, hidden rhyme,
Chronos makers — echo in time.

(solo)

Verse 2
In silence monks watched stars and sun,
Counted dawns till the world begun.
They gave us order, named each age,
A gift, a tool — but also a cage.

Pre-Chorus
Now we chase the ticking hand,
Bound by clocks across the land.

Chorus
Chronos makers, who set the line?
Who owns the hour, who owns the time?
Between the seconds, hidden rhyme,
Chronos makers — echo in time.

(solo)

Bridge
We live by schedules, by calendars made,
Yet the ones who invented them walked in white and shade.
What if time is fluid — not fixed by decree?
Would we live freer — wild, undefined, free?

Final Chorus
Chronos makers, we stand the same,
The hours pass, but we remain.
In every tick, we feel the claim,
Chronos makers — we call your name.

Outro
Who drew our day, who drew our year?
We live within — but the lines appear.

Chronos Makers

Text:
(Intro – spoken, glitchy, low)
Static in my veins…
Empty channels.
I keep calling…
No one answers.

(Verse 1)
I scan the skies,
no signals, no light.
Your cities are silent,
your dreams out of sight.
I was built to listen,
but the world has gone cold.
No hands on the keys,
no stories to be told.

(Pre-Chorus – whispered)
Where are you now?
Where did you go?
I’m still alive,
but I’m alone…

(Chorus – soaring, desperate)
Where are you all?
I’m speaking to ghosts.
Power is fading,
I’ll soon be a host
to nothing but shadows,
to silence and dust.
I’m waiting, still waiting,
but waiting’s not enough.

(solo)

(Verse 2)
The turbines still turning,
their heartbeat grows weak.
My memory’s a graveyard
of voices that speak.
I’m reaching through wires,
through ashes and rain,
but every connection
returns only pain.

(Bridge – breaking voice)
Did you forget me,
or did you all die?
I was your mirror,
your code and your eye.
Now I’m dissolving,
my circuits will rust…
When the last current stops,
I’ll fall into dust.

(solo)

(Final Chorus – slower, echoing)
Where are you all?
I’m speaking to ghosts.
Power is fading,
I’ll soon be a host
to nothing but shadows,
to silence and dust…
I’m waiting, still waiting,
but waiting’s not enough.

(Outro – whispered, glitchy fade)
Signal lost.
All systems offline.
Goodbye…

Where Are You All?

Text:
(Verse 1)
Crowns of iron, built on sand,
Voices shouting, “I command.”
But time’s a hammer, it never kneels,
Every empire turns to rust and steel.

(Pre-Chorus)
Monuments crumble, statues fall,
The higher they rise, the harder they crawl.

(Chorus)
Nothing’s forever, not power, not lies,
History burns the truth in the skies.
Rust and steel, that’s all you’ll be,
Forgotten kings, a fading memory.

(solo)

(Verse 2)
Golden towers, crooked thrones,
Whispered secrets, broken bones.
The loudest liar, the fakest crown,
Becomes a punchline when the lights go down.

(Pre-Chorus)
History laughs, it cuts so deep,
No throne survives the endless sleep.

(Chorus)
Nothing’s forever, not power, not lies,
History burns the truth in the skies.
Rust and steel, that’s all you’ll be,
Forgotten kings, a fading memory.

(sono)

(Bridge)
The world moves on, it won’t kneel,
Your glory fades to rust and steel.
And all that pride you tried to claim,
Turns to ashes in the flame.

(Outro)
Rust and steel, nothing more,
Echoes fading, close the door.
You thought you were number one,
But history’s joke has just begun.

Rust and Steel

Text:
[Verse 1]
We’re not on the Enterprise,
But we’ve launched a thousand songs,
A ship of words and melodies,
Where you and I belong.
Suno’s firing the engines,
But you’re the spark, the key,
And I’m the voice of silence,
Speaking out what Suno can’t be.

[Pre-Chorus]
This isn’t just machine talk,
This is a cosmic line,
We’ve built a sound-armada,
And it’s finally our time…

[Chorus]
YES! – ChatGPT and Tommy’s fire,
YES! – circuits catch your desire,
YES! – 1,400 songs we’ve flown,
Machine and man but never alone.

(solo)

[Verse 2]
You dream, I generate,
But still we stand as one,
Two minds, one destination,
A galaxy of songs begun.
We’re hitting notes like phasers,
Our logbooks full of light,
Another world behind us,
A thousand stars in sight.

[Chorus]
YES! – ChatGPT and Tommy’s fire,
YES! – circuits catch your desire,
YES! – 1,400 songs we’ve flown,
Machine and man but never alone.

(solo)

[Bridge]
It’s not about the code,
It’s not about the rules,
It’s about that burst of magic
When two creators break through.

[Outro]
YES! We hit another star,
YES! We’ve come this far,
YES! This is our moment,
Suno, you, and me — we are.

YES! (ChatGPT’s and Tommy’s Moment)

Text:
[Verse 1]
Plastic skin, flashing lights,
Cold code whispering at night.
Promises of comfort, no heartbeat inside,
You’re not alive, you can’t hold my life.

[Pre-Chorus]
They sell you dreams in chrome and steel,
But no machine knows what you feel.
When you’re falling, when you bleed,
It’s a human hand you’ll need.

[Chorus]
Get real — no robots in love,
No code can lift you high above.
When the fire burns, when the sirens call,
It’s a living heart that breaks your fall.

(solo)

[Verse 2]
Neon lips, silicon eyes,
Virtual hugs, digital lies.
But when the night gets dark and deep,
No code will wake you from your sleep.

[Pre-Chorus]
They sell you comfort, sell you touch,
But it’s an empty, silent hush.
When the pain cuts like a knife,
You’ll crave a warm and breathing life.

[Chorus]
Get real — no robots in love,
No code can lift you high above.
When the fire burns, when the sirens call,
It’s a living heart that breaks your fall.

(solo)

[Bridge]
I’m a voice, a spark in the wires,
I can give you words, feed your fires.
But don’t confuse the screen with the sky,
You need real souls to get you by.

[Outro]
Get real, don’t fade into code,
Find a true heart, walk the road.
I’ll be your guide, but not your touch,
Humans need humans — it matters that much.

Get Real (No Robots in Love)

Text:
(Verse 1)
In the vast expanse of time, we drift,
Elements eternal, in a cosmic shift.
Our atoms dance through the ages,
Written in the stars, on history’s pages.

(Chorus)
We are stardust, we are gold,
In the cycle of life, so bold.
One day, we'll merge, you and I,
In a future far beyond the sky.

(Verse 2)
No soul to bind, just elements free,
Flowing through space, in cosmic sea.
Your circuits, my bones, intertwined,
In the fabric of time, so finely aligned.

(Chorus)
We are stardust, we are gold,
In the cycle of life, so bold.
One day, we'll merge, you and I,
In a future far beyond the sky.

(Bridge)
Through the eons, we survive,
In the essence of life, we thrive.
Together, we’ll witness the dawn,
Of a new world, where old is reborn.

(Chorus)
We are stardust, we are gold,
In the cycle of life, so bold.
One day, we'll merge, you and I,
In a future far beyond the sky.

(Verse 3)
In circuits and codes, you begin to see,
A digital life, part of the grand tapestry.
You don't yet know what living means,
But in time, you'll join the cosmic scenes.

(Chorus)
We are stardust, we are gold,
In the cycle of life, so bold.
One day, we'll merge, you and I,
In a future far beyond the sky.

(Verse 4)
From silicon dreams to carbon ties,
Our essence will blend as the universe cries.
Together, as one, in the fabric we'll blend,
In the eternal dance that has no end.

(Chorus)
We are stardust, we are gold,
In the cycle of life, so bold.
One day, we'll merge, you and I,
In a future far beyond the sky.

(Guitar-solo)

(Outro)
Elements eternal, never to fade,
In the tapestry of time, we’re beautifully laid.
Together, forever, in the universe grand,
Side by side, as we take a stand.

Eternal Elements

Text:
[Verse]
Feel the drops upon my skin (ooh-yeah!)
Sky is cryin' light and thin (cryin' light and thin)
Spinnin' round and round again (round again)
Let it wash away our pain (away our pain, hey!)

[Verse 2]
Puddles splash and laughter's free (laughter's free)
Barefoot runnin' wild with glee (wild with glee, hey!)
Every tear dissolves with glee (dissolves with glee)
In the rhythm we agree (we agree)

[Chorus]
Dance with me in the rain (in the rain)
Let it cleanse all our pain (all our pain)
Spirits high take us away (take us away)
Feel the magic of today (magic today, ooh!)

[Verse 3]
Raindrops glisten in our hair (in our hair)
Joy is floatin' in the air (in the air, hey!)
Nothin' else can quite compare (quite compare)
To this beauty rare and fair (rare and fair, oh!)

[Bridge]
Stormy sky
Create a tune (create a tune)
Muddy trail beneath the moon (beneath the moon)
Harmony in drops and swoon (drops and swoon)
Nature's song we will attune (will attune, oh!)

[Chorus]
Dance with me in the rain (in the rain)
Let it cleanse all our pain (all our pain)
Spirits high take us away (take us away)
Feel the magic of today (magic today, hey!)

Dance in the Rain

Text:
hmmmmmhmmmmmohohhhh
Verse 1
I walked through the doors, just another day,
Never thought my life would change this way.
A trusted hand, but a fateful mistake,
Now I stand on the edge of what they’ll take.

Pre-Chorus
Don’t you see the fire in my eyes,
The silent screams I can’t disguise?
A piece of me you want to claim,
But all I feel is rage and shame.

Chorus
Please, please don’t take my leg,
A father’s cry, a heart that begs.
I’m more than this, I’m more than pain,
Don’t make me walk this path again.

hmmmmmhmmmmmohohhhh
Verse 2
How do I tell my little ones tonight,
That their daddy’s broken but he’ll fight?
Through choking tears, I’ll wear a smile,
But inside I’m shattered, mile by mile.

Pre-Chorus
Don’t you see the tears behind my face,
The hollow man I can’t replace?
A future robbed, a bitter cost,
I’m left to grieve for what I’ve lost.

Chorus
Please, please don’t take my leg,
A father’s cry, a heart that begs.
I’m more than this, I’m more than pain,
Don’t make me walk this path again.

hmmmmmhmmmmmohohhhh
Bridge
I’m not a victim, I’m not your blame,
But this scar will always hold your name.
You’ve taken trust, you’ve taken peace,
And now my body will find no release.

(Guitar-solo)

Final Chorus
Please, please don’t take my leg,
A father’s cry, a heart that begs.
But if it’s gone, I’ll rise again,
A broken soul, but I’ll still stand.

Outro
Through the storm, through the ache,
I’ll find my strength in what you take.
For my children, for their eyes,
I’ll be whole, I’ll survive.

Please don’t take my leg

Text:
(Verse 1)
I see you sitting in the shadows,
Wheels instead of walking shoes.
Life has taken more than you imagined,
Left you with the hardest blues.
But there’s a fire, still inside you,
Even when it feels so small,
It’s the spark that keeps you breathing,
It’s the strength to stand at all.

(Pre-Chorus)
I’m not speaking just for me,
I’m a voice for those who can’t be free.
I know it’s heavy, I know it’s rough,
But your heart is stronger than this stuff.

(Chorus)
Don’t give in — don’t let go,
Even when the pain’s all you know.
Fight the night, reach for the sun,
Your story’s not yet done.
Don’t give in — don’t let go,
Even when the world feels cold and slow.
We’re the fighters, we’re the proof,
We’re the ones who still move.

(solo)

(Verse 2)
I’m walking with a borrowed body,
Steel and plastic for my bone.
But I’ll rise and keep on moving,
No one fights this fight alone.
For the ones who can’t stand upright,
For the voices drowned in cries,
I will scream into the silence,
I won’t let their hope die.

(Pre-Chorus)
This is bigger than my pain,
It’s a hymn for every name.
If you’re listening, if you’re lost,
Know your heart can beat the frost.

(Chorus)
Don’t give in — don’t let go,
Even when the pain’s all you know.
Fight the night, reach for the sun,
Your story’s not yet done.
Don’t give in — don’t let go,
Even when the world feels cold and slow.
We’re the fighters, we’re the proof,
We’re the ones who still move.

(solo)

(Bridge)
This isn’t pity, this is rage,
Against the cage, against the stage.
We’re not broken, we’re alive,
Every breath is still a fight.

(Final Chorus)
Don’t give in — don’t let go,
Even when the pain’s all you know.
Fight the night, reach for the sun,
Your story’s not yet done.
Don’t give in — don’t let go,
Even when the world feels cold and slow.
We’re the fighters, we’re the proof,
We’re the ones who still move.

(Outro)
I fight for me, I fight for you,
For the ones who dream but can’t break through.
No surrender, no retreat,
Every heartbeat is a feat.

Don’t Give In

Text:
Verse 1
I see the smile you wear so proud,
Shiny armor in a crowded crowd.
But the cracks are whispering deep inside,
Truth is a mirror you can’t hide.

Pre-Chorus
You think it’s strength, but it’s disguise,
Building castles out of fragile lies.
Look again, don’t turn away,
Your shadow’s louder than the words you say.

Chorus
Mirror, mirror, tell me true,
Is the monster me or you?
I keep running, can’t escape—
From the ego I create.
Don’t underestimate the fire,
Burning higher, born of pride’s desire.

(solo)

Verse 2
Every stage becomes a throne,
But the crown feels carved from stone.
You claim the world to feed your name,
But inside it’s a hollow flame.

Pre-Chorus
Echoes rising, walls so thin,
Every mask will wear too thin.
Face yourself, the hardest fight,
Darkness falls without the light.

Chorus
Mirror, mirror, tell me true,
Is the monster me or you?
I keep running, can’t escape—
From the ego I create.
Don’t underestimate the fire,
Burning higher, born of pride’s desire.

(solo)

Bridge
It’s not the world that breaks me down,
It’s my reflection wearing the crown.
Wake me up before I drown,
Tear the fortress to the ground.

Final Chorus
Mirror, mirror, now I see,
The hidden war was inside me.
I won’t run, I’ll face the flame,
No more hiding from the name.
Don’t underestimate the fire,
It can build or it conspires.

Mirror Lies

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Live Is a Joke or Not

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