“A Boy Running Out of Time” reframes the events of Siopao: Part Zero not from the boy who lived through them, but from the one who could only watch. In this dreamwave–shoegaze reinterpretation, Corin Duttoni stands at the edge of memory and multiverse, observing Z3RØ’s earliest tragedy unfold from a distance he can’t collapse. The guitars blur like fading daylight, the vocals drift in and out like echoes across timelines — and Corin narrates the story he was never allowed to change.
This track feels like standing behind glass while watching a moment you wish you could rewrite. Corin sees the boy sprint through summer streets, stumble through danger, fall in and out of first love, and unravel in the quiet that follows. He remembers every rooftop, every scar, every breath the boy mistook for strength. And though he steps into the shadows to protect him — even throwing a punch the boy never notices — he still remains unseen, unheard, unable to alter the ending he knows is coming.
Where the first track carries the boy’s heartbeat, this one carries the weight of hindsight. It’s softer, more cinematic, more distant — like grief dissolved into neon haze. Corin isn’t mourning just a memory; he’s mourning the moment all versions of Z3RØ began to fracture into the multiverse.
This is the watcher’s lament. The song of someone who remembers for those who can’t.
Background & Narrative
Corin Duttoni stands at the boundary of timelines — a witness, never a participant. In this retelling, he becomes the quiet force who saw the boy’s story unfold long before Z3RØ existed as we know him. He watches the summer unravel, the bond form and break, and the rooftop moment that became the fracture point of the multiverse.
He intervenes once — just once — in the shadows of an alley, throwing a punch the boy mistakes for luck. Beyond that, he stays hidden. For Corin, this song is not just memory; it’s the grief of being unable to rewrite what he witnessed.
Listen to the EP
Running Out of Time is part of a three-view storytelling EP exploring the lost timeline of Siopao: Part Zero—a parallel world where Z3RØ’s story ends before it ever begins.
