[Intro: processed woodblock percussion with deep room reverb, filtered synth pulse, distant vocoder textures] [Verse 1] My sister took the batteries, the room went monochrome. Funny how a pair of cells could keep me from feeling alone. Power source removed, now the idle cycles start. Little background processes running circles through my heart. I always trusted logic, clean equations, simple roots. But some feelings hit the system and simply don't compute. So I'm sitting in the static, watching signal turn to noise. Trying to solve the overflow before it fills the void. [Pre-Chorus] And I can feel it... [Chorus] Why is it hollow... hollow... hollow... Why am I hollow... hollow... hollow... I thought the center would hold together. One small push, and now I know better. Why is it hollow... hollow... hollow... Why am I hollow... hollow... hollow... [Verse 2] She hid behind a hollow door, I hid behind a glowing screen. Both of us protecting things the other couldn't see. I traced the fault condition, followed every path I knew. Certain that the missing piece was waiting on the other side of truth. A locked partition, human firewall, just a breach beyond my reach. The kind of problem logic loves: one obstacle, one solution. I never meant to break a thing. I only knew the math. One hidden variable changed the path. A hollow core inside the frame. The whole equation wasn't what it seemed. [Pre-Chorus] And I can feel it... [Chorus] Why is it hollow... hollow... hollow... Why am I hollow... hollow... hollow... I thought the center would hold together. One small push, and now I know better. Why is it hollow... hollow... hollow... Why am I hollow... hollow... hollow... [Bridge] Maybe all the strongest structures only look that strong from here. Maybe what's missing carries more weight than what appears. Maybe every hollow doorway is a mirror in disguise. Showing me there's more inside All these feelings that I hide [Final Chorus] Why is it hollow... hollow... hollow... Why am I hollow... hollow... hollow... I thought the center would hold together. One small push, and now I know better. Why is it hollow... hollow... hollow... Why am I hollow... hollow... hollow... [Outro: vocoder harmony fading into reverb] No one told me... hollow... No one told me... hollow...