[Verse 1]
Red sky on the monitor
Static in my blood
I taste the code
Barcodes on my fingertips
Every touch leaves numbers in the snow
Breathing in the engine heat
Concrete hearts all ticking out of sync
You said the future felt so clean
Now there’s oil in the holy ink
[Chorus]
Black glass circuit
Burning my reflection out
I can’t feel it
But I still hear the power shout
Plug me in
Tear me through
Let the dark run down in waves of blue
Black glass circuit
Owning me more than you
[Verse 2]
Steel doors
Automatic grins
Smiles drawn sharp like a metal wing
Your eyes flicker
Loading screens
Half a dream
Half a cruel machine
I keep punching passwords in
To a life that never really fit my skin
You say “trust the shining sign”
While the wires wind tighter round my spine
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
Are you still there
Behind that stare
Or just a ghost in a hallway of chrome
[whispered vocals]
I count to ten
It loops again
This isn’t hell when it feels like home
[crescendo]
So cut these teeth on the iron rain
Let the sirens sing through the grain
If I’m just numbers in your hand
Watch me crash your perfect plan
[Chorus]