Once Upon a Time… Z – The Insatiable Memory (Remix)

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Once Upon a Time… Z – The Insatiable Memory

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  Once Upon a Time… Z – The Insatiable Memory (Remix)

[Intro – spoken, Solo]
Once upon a time… and still today.
Zett – our quiet hero.
Since the old Windows days,
maybe since the mid-nineties – nobody knows for sure.
But one thing is certain:
RAM? Never enough!

[Verse 1 – Solo]
Zett hums along like every day,
until the RAM just fades away.
It fills itself without a care,
as if free memory’s always there.

The Task Manager shouts: “Oh no!”
The numbers climb, they grow and grow.
Zett just grins: “There’s room for more!”
and drains the RAM right to the core.

[Chorus – Solo & Choir]
(Solo:) Oh Zett, you RAM vampire,
(Choir:) RAM vampire! RAM vampire!
(Solo:) You suck it dry, what will inspire?
(Choir:) Suck it dry! Suck it dry!
(Solo:) Like a balloon that loves to grow,
(Choir:) loves to grow – till it blows!

[Verse 2 – Solo]
Plop! – a minidump hits the ground,
the data’s lost, can’t be found.
Developers stare at every trace,
“Who made this leak?” – we chase the case.

“Too big? Too small? Or just too old?
Some C++ we can’t control?”
Zett just hides inside the RAM,
and thinks: “A crash? I don’t give a damn.”

[Chorus – Solo & Choir]
(Solo:) Oh Zett, your memory hunger is strong,
(Choir:) memory hunger – all day long!
(Solo:) You take it all without a pause,
(Choir:) without pause – just because!
(Solo:) Since the early Windows days in the field,
(Choir:) in the field – never yield!

[Verse 3 – Solo]
On Linux, Windows – all the same,
Zett keeps on playing its old game.
Three decades now with steady bite,
yet RAM, my friend, is never right.

The replacement plan’s just a dream,
collecting dust, or so it seems.
But Zett stands firm – without a yawn,
our software king, still holding on.

[Final Chorus – Solo & Choir]
(Solo:) Oh Zett, you still remain,
(Choir:) still remain – still remain!
(Solo:) even when memory goes insane.
(Choir:) goes insane – all the same!
(Solo:) A dump is just a little jest,
(Choir:) little jest – RAM’s the best!
(Solo:) You keep on running – like the rest.

(Solo:) Oh Zett – you RAM machine,
(Choir:) RAM machine – memory queen!
(Solo:) Maybe you’ll stay, like before,
(Choir:) many years – maybe more!

[Outro – spoken, Solo]
And if it crashes,
it’s only because Zett got hungry again.
Very hungry.