I remember tomorrow from a screen of blue light
Cities floating softly in a silver night
Every signal carried a promise through the air
We thought the future knew us, thought somebody would be there
Now I'm dancing with the shadows of machines
Broken satellites and unfinished dreams
Still I hear a rhythm underneath the noise
Calling through the decades with a human voice
Oh, future child, where did you go?
We built your sky from neon glow
Oh, future child, I still believe
In all the things we couldn't keep
Oh, future child, come dance with me
Inside this lost technology
Oh, future child, don't fade away
You're in my heart tonight
The wires grew around us like invisible vines
Every generation left its traces in the lines
The world became a mirror made of memory and light
But I still feel your heartbeat in the middle of the night
Every broken vision left a little spark
Every fading signal left a mark
And when the city breathes beneath the rain
I hear the future call my name again
Oh, future child, where did you go?
We built your sky from neon glow
Oh, future child, I still believe
In all the things we couldn't keep
Oh, future child, come dance with me
Inside this lost technology
Oh, future child, don't fade away
You're in my heart tonight
Dreaming forward
Looking back
Holding light inside the black
Dreaming forward
Looking back
Holding light inside the black
Dreaming forward
Looking back
Holding light inside the black
Future child
Future child
Future child
Oh, future child, where did you go?
We built your sky from neon glow
Oh, future child, I still believe
In all the things we couldn't keep
Oh, future child, come dance with me
Inside this lost technology
Oh, future child, don't fade away
You're in my heart tonight
You're in my heart tonight
You're in my heart tonight
Future child
Future child
Still alive tonight
- Lyricist
Valerie Enfield, Yewande
- Composer
Valerie Enfield
- Producer
Valerie Enfield
- Synthesizer
Valerie Enfield
- Vocals
Yewande
- Background Vocals
Valerie Enfield
- Programming
Valerie Enfield
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Future Child
Valerie Enfield
To the children who once dreamed of the future. The future did not arrive in the form we imagined. Yet the hopes we carried back then have never truly disappeared.
Future Child is a nostalgic reflection on the future we dreamed of in the 1990s, capturing both its sense of wonder and its lingering absence. Through a reimagined 90s electronic sound, the song explores the faint but enduring light of hope that still remains beneath those memories.
