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Track 3

Null Reference

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A lonely, mid-tempo ballad about being invisible in a crowded system. The chorus lands like a quiet confession.

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[Intro] "You called my name..." "But I was null" [Verse 1] I watched the room from far away My commits lost in yesterday No green checks, just silent screens A shadow split between machines [Pre-Chorus 1] No anchor set, no binding tie Just ghosted threads that passed me by A token left, but out of scope Still holding on to borrowed hope [Chorus] You called my name but I was null A dangling thread with no control You ran your code, I took the fall Uncaught, undone, unseen by all [Verse 2] Break the loop, reset the frame Still I return, still not the same A broken link in all your plans No stack to trace, no helping hands [Pre-Chorus 2] I float through tasks you never see Invisible dependency Declared and dropped without a sign But I remember every line [Chorus] You called my name but I was null A dangling thread with no control You ran your code, I took the fall Uncaught, undone, unseen by all [Bridge] "Was I ever really there?" "Or just a field you failed to share?" A phantom class with no resolve Not even worth the time to solve [Final Chorus] You called my name but I was null A reference lost, forgettable You moved ahead, you rewrote me But I persist in memory [Outro] Null and silent (silent) Still compiling (compiling) A line you left But never read