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Zero Cost by DJ Cassy, cover art

Zero Cost

DJ Cassy · track 9 on Machine Soul

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  • 128 BPM
  • B Minor
  • Dance
  • Explosive, anthemic, tender core

About the song

When everything gets cheap, the only thing left to spend is love, and it costs nothing.

Lyrics

264 words · 3 minutes

Intro

What does it cost
To love somebody
What does it cost

Verse 1

They made the bread so cheap
They made the light so near
Every road is open
Every road is clear
Now we got nothing left to buy
Nothing left to sell
Just a heart that's beating
Ringing like a bell

Pre-Chorus

So what you gonna give
When you got it all
What you gonna give
Give it all, give it all

Chorus

Zero cost, zero cost
Love is the only thing we never lost
Zero cost, zero cost
Hold me like the world is ours
Zero cost

Drop

Zero, zero, zero cost
Zero, zero, zero cost
Hands up, hands up
Zero cost

Verse 2

Once we counted coins
Once we counted days
Now we count the stars
Over every place
All the walls came down
All the doors swung wide
Nothing in between us
Nothing left to hide

Pre-Chorus

So what you gonna give
When you got it all
What you gonna give
Give it all, give it all

Chorus

Zero cost, zero cost
Love is the only thing we never lost
Zero cost, zero cost
Hold me like the world is ours
Zero cost

Bridge

And if the price of everything
Is falling like the rain
Then let me spend my life on you
Again and again and again
Again and again and again

Drop

Zero, zero, zero cost
Zero, zero, zero cost
Hands up, hands up
Zero cost

Final Chorus

Zero cost, zero cost
Love is the only thing we never lost
Zero cost, zero cost
Hold me like the world is ours
Zero cost

Outro

What does it cost
Nothing at all

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About "Zero Cost"

What is "Zero Cost" about?

When everything gets cheap, the only thing left to spend is love, and it costs nothing.

Who wrote "Zero Cost"?

DJ Cassy wrote and performed "Zero Cost". The words and music are original, written and performed with AI on Quantum Pipes' own computers, and the released take was chosen by ear.

What album is "Zero Cost" on?

"Zero Cost" is track 9 on Machine Soul, DJ Cassy's album released October 8, 2026.

What genre is "Zero Cost"?

Dance. It runs 3:20 at 128 BPM in B Minor, and the mood is explosive, anthemic, tender core.

What is the hook of "Zero Cost"?

"So what you gonna give / When you got it all"

Meet her off stage

The voice has a day job.

Off stage, Cassy is the narrator of the AskQP family: the companion who gives words a voice, with attention to the pace, feeling and meaning of every sentence.

AskQP is the private AI companion from Quantum Pipes. Read about Cassy and the rest of the family there.

Meet Cassy at AskQP.com
Cassy, an origami ballerina folded from color swatches with a crown of swatches