Ghost in the Machine,from a grin in the dark
[Verse 1]
Mask off
But the face stayed still
I don't hunt luck, I hunt will
Dead calm when the pressure fill
Slow blink
Look 'em down till they break
I don't trade, I just take
Real power don't need a wake
Heavy boots
Step light on the glass
I'm the future looking at your past
Watching all your vanity pass
I don’t bark
I just sharpen the edge
Building mansions on the ledge
Every word is a blood-soaked pledge
[Pre-Chorus]
You feel that drop in the heat?
That’s the air leaving the room
You see that ghost in the glass?
That’s the fate that’s calling you soon (yeah)
[Chorus]
I’m the ghost in the machine
The one that you felt but never seen
I move steady through the gears
Turn your nightmares into my routine
Ghost in the machine (in the machine)
Keep the slate and the conscience clean
By the time you find the flaw
I’ve already dismantled the scene
[Verse 2]
High voltage
Running through the floorboards
I don't need no gold or the awards
I just need the keys to the doors
One breath
Right before the lights pop
I’m the silence when the screams stop
Top floor, but I started at the drop (hey!)
I don’t hide
I just blend with the gray
I’m the hunter and the debt and the day
Every debt has a price you gotta pay
I’m the glitch
In the perfect little life
I’m the edge of the serrated knife
Ending all the struggle and the strife
[Pre-Chorus]
You feel that hum in your teeth?
That’s the signal getting through
You taste that ash on your lips?
That’s the bridge I burned behind you
[Chorus]
I’m the ghost in the machine
The one that you felt but never seen
I move steady through the gears
Turn your nightmares into my routine
Ghost in the machine (in the machine)
Keep the slate and the conscience clean
By the time you find the flaw
I’ve already dismantled the scene
[Bridge]
Look up
If you ever stayed quiet while they laughed in your face
Look up
If you’re the invisible force they can never replace (yeah)
I don’t need the crown or the throne
I’m the king of the dark and the unknown
System failure, manual override
Nowhere left for the fake ones to hide
Watch the walls turn to dust and the pride
I’m the surge that you can’t get beside
[Verse 3]
Deep code
Writing scripts in the rain
I’m the logic and the focus and the pain
Nothing left but the iron in the vein
Click, snap
That’s the sound of the trap
I’m the thunder after every lightning clap
Putting every hater back on the map
I’m the end
And the start of the new
I’m the one they should’ve listened to
Now the sky’s turning static and blue
[Chorus]
I’m the ghost in the machine
The one that you felt but never seen
I move steady through the gears
Turn your nightmares into my routine
Ghost in the machine (in the machine)
Keep the slate and the conscience clean
By the time you find the flaw
I’ve already dismantled the scene
[Outro]
System down.
(Shh)
Can you hear that?
That’s the sound of me winning.
Quiet.
So quiet.
Ghost in the machine.
I'm gone before the screen flickers.
(Yeah)
GrizzlyJones
