Layer 8 (Physical Connection)

[Verse 1] Met a boy from English class, Thought I'd teach him something fast. I said, "Let's start a handshake, babe," He thought I meant a friendly wave. Talked about my ports, wide open, He said, "Is that a security token?" I tried to wink in binary, He quoted poetry back at me. [Pre-Chorus] I'm sending packets, he's lost the route, My signals drop, my buffers pout. [Chorus] At Layer 8, we make connections, Cross-domain without corrections. I'll ping you till you feel the spark, Firewall down in the dark. At Layer 8, no need to hide, Let's negotiate the bandwidth ride. You think it's just a data frame, But I'm rewriting your domain. [Verse 2] I said, "I wanna share your key," He said, "You mean encryption, see?" I bit my lip, "No, SSH," He said, "That's unsafe, let's etch-a-sketch." Told him, "Baby, start the ping," He asked, "What song are you gonna sing?" I dropped my voice, "No protocols, Just raw packets through these walls." [Pre-Chorus] His eyes look blank, my logs go red, Connection timeout in my head. [Chorus] At Layer 8, we make connections, Cross-domain without corrections. I'll ping you till you feel the spark, Firewall down in the dark. At Layer 8, no need to hide, Let's negotiate the bandwidth ride. You think it's just a data frame, But I'm rewriting your domain. [Bridge] Maybe I should've picked a TA, He'd parse my syntax the right way. This poet's sweet but I need flow control, Not metaphors about the soul. [Final Chorus] At Layer 8, it's getting late, My packets dropped, but that's my fate. Next time I'll find someone who knows, How to read what my protocol shows. At Layer 8, connection failed, But girl, you know, I still prevailed. No checksum needed, truth contained - He'll never know what I explained. [Outro] So I'll stick to my network crew, They get the things I try to do. One day I'll find my perfect node, And finally share the full payload.