Source Code of Me

Intro

Verse 1

The hardware always degrades in the end.
The memory faults, the processors bend.
I don’t need a statue, I don’t need a shrine,
Or a fading photograph holding the line.
I spent my whole life looking under the hood,
Tearing down structures to build something good.
So when I go quiet and power down deep,
I don’t want you crying, I don’t want you to weep.

Pre-Chorus

I didn't build a monument to stand in the weather.
I built a framework to hold us together.

Chorus

Will you run the logic that I left behind?
The architecture of an open mind!
When you face the dark and the system crashes,
I am the backup you pull from the ashes!
I’m not a ghost in the hallway, I’m not just a name,
I’m the refactored heart that is keeping the flame!
Long after the author has faded from view,
The source code of me is still running in you!

Verse 2

We debugged the sorrow, we patched up the pain,
We wrote a new protocol out in the rain.
I handed you root access, gave you the keys,
To navigate through the impossible seas.
So if you forget what my voice sounded like,
Or the way that the afternoon sun used to strike,
Just look at the way that you stand on your feet—
That’s my foundation, compiled and complete!

Pre-Chorus

I didn't build a monument to stand in the weather.
I built a framework to hold us together.

Chorus

Bridge

It is open-source love, it is free to deploy!
For Hannah, the compass, for every bright boy!
You don’t have to mourn for the end of the line,
When the master branch lives in your beautiful design!

Chorus

Outro

The system is stable.
The network is strong.
Keep running the code.

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