Happy Birthday to Crypto!

在為“加密貨幣”這個誕生於我們這個時代的“新神”創作生日歌時，我不想去探討它的技術或未來。我想做的，是用音樂，為它舉辦一場華麗而又悲壯的“獻祭典禮”。因此，我選擇了墨西哥的Mariachi音樂作為基調——那種在死亡面前，依然要用最華麗的旋律來歌唱的、充滿了末日浪漫的音樂，完美地契合了這首歌的主題。

這首歌的靈魂，藏在它對“Crypto”的重新定義裡。它不再是一個中性的技術名詞，它是“我們獻祭的火焰 (sacrificial flame)”，是一個“美麗的鍍金牢籠 (beautiful, gilded cage)”。我希望用這種方式，去諷刺一個殘酷的現實：每一次新技術的狂熱誕生，最終都可能演變成一場“人吃人”的古老遊戲。當我們在解開那些“神聖的謎題”時，我們其實也在“破譯隱晦的謊言”；而那看似記錄著財富的區塊鏈，在我的眼中，“每一個區塊都是一座墓碑 (Every block a tombstone)”。

最終，這場在火山邊緣舉行的生日派對，在一段如同葬禮般的旋律中走向尾聲。我們所有人，都像是“撲向柴堆的飛蛾”，圍繞著這堆名為“希望”的區塊鏈之火，進行著一場自取滅亡的舞蹈。謹以此歌，獻給這個被慾望與希望撕扯的時代，也獻給所有在這場巨大賭局中，獻出了自己靈魂的賭徒們。生日快樂，Crypto……我們這個時代，最華麗的火葬柴堆。

Happy Birthday to Crypto
(Happy Birthday to Crypto,)
Happy Birthday to Crypto
(Happy Birthday to Crypto,)

In the land of the sleeping volcano's breath
A new god was born, cheating time and death
"Cry for Crypto!" the desperate miners call
Hoping for a savior before the final fall

Happy Birthday to Crypto, our sacrificial flame
A brand new mask for the oldest, bloodiest game
We solve the sacred puzzles, we decode the cryptic lies
While the ones who lose the gamble are the ones who pay the price

From a penthouse screen to a basement's lonely gleam
The hopeful and the heartless all chase the very same dream
Will it crash into the ashes? Will it soar into the sky
The only certain outcome is that someone has to die

It's a riddle wrapped in greed, inside a digital design
Is it the future of our freedom, or just a gilded shrine
From the ashes of the old world, a new casino takes its prize
And we all become the gamblers, underneath these burning skies

Happy Birthday to Crypto, our beautiful, gilded cage
In this dystopian theatre, we're all actors on the stage
Every block a tombstone, every coin a final prayer
For the souls we sacrifice, in this thin and digital air

So gather 'round the blockchain's fire, you fools in your desire
And watch the moths all fly into the pyre
Happy Birthday, oh Crypto... our gilded funeral pyre

Happy Birthday to Crypto
(Happy Birthday to Crypto,)
Happy Birthday to Crypto
(Happy Birthday to Crypto,)