We Were (Special Version)

Synthwave-inspired track with retro textures and spoken vocals. A nostalgic ballad reflecting on freedom, connection, and lost time. Soft pads, steady rhythm and lyrical storytelling create a cinematic memory of the 80s.

Lyrics:

No screens.

No fear.

Just airwaves.

And neon in our mirrors.

We danced into the data

Before the world got loud

No feeds, no filters, no alphas

Just Walkmans in the crowd

We trusted in our teachers

And feared no siren’s call

We built from sparks and silence

And didn’t want it all

We knew the world was burning

But still believed in green

Solar panels, protest marches

Futures on the screen

We made mistakes, we called them that

And fixed them if we could

We crashed, we cried, we carried on

And did the best we could

No one measured kindness

No one monetized the rain

We had space to lose direction

But we always found our lane

We were free

Not flawless, not forever

But something you could be

We had time

To fail and then to grow

Not just survive, but glow

We believed

In progress and each other

Before the algorithm's creed

We were light, not speed

We were…

Free

We burned through neon ballads

With Journey in our ears

Madonna broke the silence

And Cyndi wiped our tears

U2 brought revolution

The Police turned drums to gold

We painted worlds with Foreigner

And sang like we were bold

Then came the glass

In every hand

The scores, the swipes

The shrinking land

Noise got louder than the truth

And silence lost its name

We started liking images

And stopped playing the game

We counted hearts and followers

But lost the ones inside

We ran for clicks and comments

And forgot how not to hide

The rules outgrew the reasons

The forms outpaced the cause

We canceled for mistakes

But never paused for loss

Kraftwerk sparked the circuits

While Yello bent the rules

Erasure dressed the sadness

In digital perfumes

Alphaville dreamed futures

With buttons, pads, and light

The Eurythmics made us feel

In binary and night

We trusted in the future

And played without a net

We lived the sound, not streamed it

And we’re not done yet

We were free

Not flawless, not forever

But something you could be

We had time

To fall, and still believe

In dreams we dared to weave

We stood close

With no screen in between

No filters, just a scene

Of living, not a feed

We were…

Free

Depeche Mode lit the darkness

With whispers and machines

Guns N’ Roses tore the silence

And played behind the scenes

The Cure gave shape to longing

Phil Collins gave it a name

We lived inside those speakers

And never heard the same

We were free

Like lovers in the static

Like truth before the stream

We were sparks

Not optimized or planned

But real, and full, and grand

We believed

In talk, in time, in touch

In something more than feeds

We had less — and it was much

We were…

Free

Not perfect. Not pure.

But unafraid.

We didn’t always know the answer.

But we believed there was one.

And that we’d find it.

Together.