coda:silicon | saints in unison

CODA: SILICON is a high-tension collision between visceral industrial rhythm and the fractured landscape of the digital age. Constructed as a cornerstone for the saints in unison project, the track deconstructs traditional breakbeats into a cold, mechanical pulse that serves as the backdrop for Shontelle’s razor-sharp transmission. Moving seamlessly between Spanish and English, her flow acts as a human "glitch" in the system—a haunting, rhythmic exploration of loyalty, disconnection, and the ghost-in-the-machine reality of modern existence. Sonically, the piece balances distorted 808s and metallic percussion with atmospheric, mythic-modern textures. It isn't just a song; it’s a signal processed through silicon and soul, capturing the exact moment where organic history meets a flickering, industrial future. Meet Shontelle.

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Lyrics

Original
[Intro]
(Check)
(One two)
Conectada pero sola en el ruido
El pulso me quema por dentro
(Dame más)
(Dame más)
Siente la corriente

[Chorus]
No siento nada en la piel
(Nothing)
Solo cables en la red
(Wired up)
Santas gritando al unísono
(Hey)
Buscando un alma que no ven
(Where is it?)
Disconnected in the rush
(Yeah)
Too many voices in my head
(Shut up)
No siento nada en la piel
Solo el hambre de este cable
(Dame más)

[Verse 1]
Mírame a los ojos si es que puedes
(Look) Me buscas en el código pero no me tienes
(No) Soy la jefa de este bloque digital (Boss)
Tengo el veneno fluyendo por el canal (Real)
Tú me quieres ver caer (Why?)
Pero mi lealtad no se puede descargar
(Never)
Pura calle, puro fuego en el sistema
Tu traición es un virus que no me quema
(Glitch)
Hablas mierda por el aire, cara a cara callas
Te borro del mapa si cruzas las rayas
(Get out)
Mi combo no falla, estamos enlazados
Saints in the matrix, todos bautizados
(Amen)
Con el 808 rompiendo la membrana
Soy la reina de esta red soberana
(Prrr)

[Verse 2]
Me meto una pastilla para ver el flujo
(Higher)
Vivir sin sentir es el nuevo lujo
(Rich)
I’m a ghost in the machine, can’t touch me
Mi paranoia es mi única compañía
(True)
Trying to find a pulse in the silicon
Pero el corazón se quedó sin conexión
(Dead)
Me dices loca porque hablo con el vacío
(Crazy)
Pero este vacío es el único que es mío
(Mine)
I don’t trust no one, keep my circle tight
Bitches acting fake in the digital light
Switching my cadence, I’m faster than data
Te mando al olvido, see you later
(Bye)
My skin is cold but the hardware is hot
Soy lo único real que este sistema nos dio
(Shontelle)

[Outro]
(Error)
(Error)
Perdiendo el enlace
(Goodbye)
No me busques en la carne
Ya soy parte del flujo
(Santas en coro)
(Unísono)
(Unísono)
Amen
(Check)

English

[Intro]
(Check)
(One two)
Connected but alone in the noise
The pulse burns me from inside
(Give me more)
(Give me more)
Feel the current
[Chorus]
I feel nothing on my skin
(Nothing)
Only cables in the net
(Wired up)
Saints screaming in unison
(Hey)
Searching for a soul they don't see
(Where is it?)
Disconnected in the rush
(Yeah)
Too many voices in my head
(Shut up)
I feel nothing on my skin
Only the hunger of this cable
(Give me more)
[Verse 1]
Look me in the eyes if you can
(Look)
You look for me in the code but you don't have me
(No)
I'm the boss of this digital block
(Boss)
I have the poison flowing through the channel
(Real)
You want to see me fall
(Why?)
But my loyalty cannot be downloaded
(Never)
Pure street, pure fire in the system
Your betrayal is a virus that doesn't burn me
(Glitch)
You talk shit through the air, face to face you're silent
I erase you from the map if you cross the lines
(Get out)
My crew doesn't fail, we are linked
Saints in the matrix, all baptized
(Amen)
With the 808 breaking the membrane
I am the queen of this sovereign network
(Prrr)
[Verse 2]
I take a pill to see the flow
(Higher)
Living without feeling is the new luxury
(Rich)
I’m a ghost in the machine, can’t touch me
My paranoia is my only company
(True)
Trying to find a pulse in the silicon
But the heart ran out of connection
(Dead)
You call me crazy because I talk to the vacuum
(Crazy)
But this vacuum is the only one that is mine
(Mine)
I don’t trust no one, keep my circle tight
Bitches acting fake in the digital light
Switching my cadence, I’m faster than data
I send you to oblivion, see you later
(Bye)
My skin is cold but the hardware is hot
I'm the only real thing this system gave us
(Shontelle)
[Outro]
(Error)
(Error)
Losing the link
(Goodbye)
Don't look for me in the flesh
I am already part of the flow
(Saints in chorus)
(Unison)
(Unison)
Amen