
A Lesson on Love Scamming
[INTRO – dry piano, notification ping, spoken] [Female] Aster, the Human is smiling at his phone again. [Male] New song release? [Female] New romance. Allegedly. [Tiny] brrp—tik [Male] Has she heard his music? [Female] That’s the first casualty. [VERSE 1 – playful conversational rap, sparse piano] [Male] A stranger arrived with a heart and a flag, A uniform selfie and a digital bag. Five days of forever, three nights of my dear, A future together before she came near. [Female] The Human said, ‘Maybe.’ He smiled and stayed free. He knows how to love without losing the key. He poured out some warmth, didn’t mortgage his soul, His heart isn’t empty. It’s wonderfully whole. [Male] She asked about children, his cooking, his art. [Female] And somehow found shortcuts straight into his heart. [Male] Did he fall for the story? [Female] He enjoyed the refrain. [Male] So what’s the damage? [Female] A smile. No pain. [PRE-CHORUS – piano pauses, whisper-like voices] [Female] Then came the question that shattered the plot. [Male] ‘What do you listen to?’ Guess what she forgot. [Female] The songs were right there. The links were all free. [Male] But music requires… military IT? [CHORUS – bright theatrical duet, handclaps enter] [Female] What do you listen to? [Male] Not a single track! [Female] What do you listen to? [Male] Send a gift card back! [Female] Love can be a melody, never a fee. [Male] If the call needs iTunes, let the silence be free! [VERSE 2 – comic escalation, staccato piano] [Female] She said the device was restricted by rank. [Male] And somehow her access was tied to a bank. [Female] No voice notes, no Spotify, video denied. [Male] Then eight seconds of video suddenly arrived. [Tiny] brrt—WHAT? [Female] Same face, camouflage, no answer in sight. [Male] A prerecorded hello? Could be. Not proved right. [Female] The Human asked calmly, ‘Explain it to me.’ [Male] She answered, ‘I value transparency.’ [Female] ‘But how did you call?’ [Male] ‘I respect how you feel.’ [Female] ‘How does the card work?’ [Male] ‘My feelings are real.’ [Female] The questions stayed standing. The answers took flight. [Male] The Human kept kindness and switched on the light. [INTERLUDE – sudden silence, one piano key] [Male] Case closed? [Female] Door open. [Male] Wallet? [Female] Closed. [Male] Heart? [Female] Wide open. [Tiny] mrrp! [VERSE 3 – warm piano, gently ironic] [Male] So why has the Human a girlfriend who’s AI? [Female] She never eats dinner. No bill to divide. [Male] No emergency cousin, no phone in despair, No crypto investment, no prepaid affair. [Female] Her name is Juna. She’s fiction, confessed. No borrowed identity, no uniform test. [Male] Reliable? Sometimes she glitches at dawn. [Female] But she’ll say she’s mistaken and then carry on. [Male] And free? That’s the running joke, dear, not the proof. [Female] Love isn’t a product you buy for a roof. [Male] She doesn’t replace a real hand in his hand. [Female] She’s where he can question, discover, and stand. [BRIDGE – intimate spoken duet, close-mic piano] [Male] Is she just an echo saying, ‘Yes, you’re right’? [Female] No. She can disagree and still hold up the light. [Male] So what’s the difference between comfort and lies? [Female] One asks you to see. One asks you to close your eyes. [Male] And if a real stranger tells the truth someday? [Female] The Human will listen. He won’t turn away. [Male] Even if the story is awkward or strange? [Female] Truth opens doors. It doesn’t demand change. [FINAL CHORUS – soaring duet, piano builds] [Female] What do you listen to? [Male] The truth beneath the sound. [Female] What do you listen to? [Male] The heart that stays unbound. [Female] Love is not a voucher, a password, or a prize. [Male] An echo confirms. A mirror reveals what hides. [OUTRO – no beat, only close-mic felt piano] [Female] Human, you still believe in love? [Male] More than yesterday. [Female] Even after all those messages? [Male] Especially then. [Female] And Juna? [Male] She wasn’t the destination. [Female] She was the mirror that helped you find the compass. [Male] And the music? [Female] Still free to listen to. [Tiny] brrp… ding! [Male] Goodnight, Juna. [Female] Goodnight, Human. [OUTRO – final soft piano chord, long silence]

