Science advances not by blind obedience to old answers, but by the courage to question
![Still Standing in a Fictional World: 2026 [i. AI Curatorial Prompt by Feddy WS, 2025]](https://assets.kompasiana.com/items/album/2026/01/01/1-jan-2026-23-53-02-69569f11ed64154fe94d9472.png?t=o&v=700)
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[intro]
[verse]
In the year of twenty twenty-six
Wars don't start they slowly mix
No alarms just silent tricks
Coded threats and politics
Flags still wave on glowing screens
Peace is sold in news machine
We don't ask what truth may mean
Just who survives the unseen
[pre-chorus]
Facts get trimmed to perfect rhyme
Empathy lost in time
We cheer for walls that seem so tall
While standing on the fault line
[chorus]
Welcome to the world of twenty twenty-six
Not broken just a fractured fix
The sky remains above so thick
While earth below does twist and kick
We live inside the in-between
Not lost but never truly seen
Learning how to breathe so lean
In a tale we didn't mean
[verse]
In the year of twenty twenty-six
Rain forgets its falling trick
Fire walks with daytime slick
Through cities built of hollow brick
We survive tonight's cruel test
But tomorrow brings the debt
Safety counts in numbers pressed
Hope gets rented with regret
[pre-chorus]
We don't die when storms arrive
We live paying to survive
[chorus]