[Verse 1] There's a longing in the air tonight For times that never were Nostalgia pulls us to the past But hauntology's a blur One remembers what we had before The other mourns what's lost The futures that we never saw Now count the hidden cost [Chorus] Ghosts of tomorrow, shadows of dreams Nothing's quite the way it seems Looking backward, moving slow Where did all our futures go? Hauntology calls, nostalgia sings But only one remembers missing things [Verse 2] Our movies remake older films Our music samples yesterday The culture spins in circles now There's nothing new to say We're trapped inside a feedback loop Of references and quotes While innovation fades away In self-referential notes [Chorus] Ghosts of tomorrow, shadows of dreams Nothing's quite the way it seems Looking backward, moving slow Where did all our futures go? Hauntology calls, nostalgia sings But only one remembers missing things [Bridge] Can we wake these sleeping phantoms? Make them fight for change today? Or are we doomed to melancholy As our futures fade away? The specters of what could have been Might rise to break these chains Or leave us drowning in the past Where nothing new remains [Chorus] Ghosts of tomorrow, shadows of dreams Nothing's quite the way it seems Looking backward, moving slow Where did all our futures go? Hauntology calls, nostalgia sings But only one remembers missing things [Outro] Three questions for the modern age When time has lost its way Can phantom futures light the path Or just lead us astray?
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