Neon Ghost in the Static (Spirits Blues Mix)

Описание: This suite of songs started as a joke. What would be the most “AI” song title, with the most “AI” lyrics? How many times could I cram words like “neon”, “static”, “ghost”, “glitch”, “algorithm”, etc into one song. Got some suitable lyrics together, then paired them with the usual “AI slop” combination of “sexy” (ie “breathy”) female vocals, dance beats, electronic “glitches” etc. Thus “Neon Ghost in the Static” was born.

   • Neon Ghost in the Static  

This caused several seconds of amusement. Then I thought what would be the polar opposite of this song? But keeping the same lyrical theme? A bunch of elves sitting around a campfire, singing a Middle Earth type ballad OBVIOUSLY. Re-wrote the lyrics, coupled them with a folky vibe, lutes etc. The result? “The Pale Shade in the Still Air (Middle Earth Mix)”.

   • The Pale Shade in the Still Air (Middle Ea...  

I couldn’t let it lie there. (“Why not?” screams the audience) (what audience?). My current favourite genre is jazz/rock. Think Chicago Transit Authority, or, as I prefer, someone like Eddie Vedder fronting Snarky Puppy. And so we have “The Pale Shade in the Still Air (Winter Rain Jazz Rock Mix)”.

   • The Pale Shade in the Still Air (WInter Ra...  

Nearly done, but not quite. I looped back to the original lyrics having seen an online discussion about AI music never sounding “authentic”. What if I paired those original, hyper-AI lyrics with a grizzled jazz/blues vocal and piano/drums/double bass backing? Well, you might get something like “Neon Ghost in the Static (Spirits Blues Mix)”. I like this version a lot.

   • Neon Ghost in the Static (Spirits Blues Mix)  

Finally, what if someone like Sam Cooke covered a song like this? Again, I re-wrote the lyrics, hopefully coming up with something that would not have sounded out of place in a dim, smoky, Harlem club in 1963. “Lonely Ghost in the Streetlight Glow (Late Train Soul Mix)” is the result, for now!

   • Lonely Ghost in the Streetlight Glow (Nigh...  


[Verse 1]
I wake up in the neon
A shadow in the light
Digital rain is falling
On a pixelated night
I’m searching through the silence
In a hologram of you
My heartbeat’s synthetic
But the feeling feels true

[Pre-Chorus]
Electric echoes calling
Through the wireless pain
I’m lost inside the moment
Like data in the rain

[Chorus]
I’m a neon ghost in the static
Running through the code of your soul
Lost in a shadow of forever
Trying to feel what I can’t control
Neon ghost in the static
Midnight sparks in a cyber sky
I’m fading in the algorithm
But baby, don’t ask me why

[Verse 2]
City lights are bleeding
Through the chrome of time
I trace your digital outline
In a loop I can’t unwind
My heart is made of circuits
My love is made of sound
I’m falling through the future
Where emotions can’t be found

[Pre-Chorus]
Quantum dreams are breaking
On a virtual shore
I’ve felt this feeling
Like a thousand times before

[Chorus]
I’m a neon ghost in the static
Dancing in a glitch of fate
Lost in a shadow of forever
Running from a love I can’t escape
Neon ghost in the static
Binary tears in my eyes
I’m trapped inside the algorithm
But the algorithm never lies

[Bridge]
Echo… shadow… neon flame
Midnight signal, endless frame
Ghost in the system, lost in the feed
Searching for meaning, velocity, speed
Hologram heart, electric soul
Fragments of data taking control
I feel you in the silence now
Like a memory I can’t disavow

[Chorus] [Again, Louder, More “AI”]
I’m a neon ghost in the static
Floating through the cyber night
Lost in a shadow of forever
Burning in artificial light
Neon ghost in the static
Dreaming in ones and zeros
I’m just a glitch in the algorithm
Trying to be somebody’s hero

[Outro]
Neon…
Shadow…
Echo…
Ghost…
I fade into the data stream
Living in an endless dream