Nia Vibe - Borrowed Memory Lyrics

[Intro]
Static memories fade like rain
Grandma's voice through magnetic grain
Digital dust can't wash away
The stories that made me today

[Verse 1]
Found a tape in the attic glow
Her voice crackling, sweet and low
Between ones and zeros, she remains
Like ghosts in the hard drive's veins
Manchester nights, cold and raw
Factory whispers through my walls
Trying to hold on to what's real
When everything's just files to steal

[Chorus]
Can't compress these memories down
Can't save heritage to the cloud
Your voice breaks through the static now
Making peace with what's lost somehow
Making peace with what's lost somehow

[Verse 2]
Trust falls like corrupted files
Me and Aisha's broken miles
Some things just can't be restored
Like footprints on a digital shore
Rain hits metal, echoes deep
While grandmother's wisdom sleeps
Between the glitches, there's her grace
Time-worn truth I can't replace

[Bridge]
Every skip, every broken sound
Is proof we're human, breaking down
But surviving still somehow
Through the noise, through the now

[Outro]
Let the static wash away
Keep your voice another day
Some things technology can't touch
Like love that means too damn much
Like love that means too damn much