[Verse 1]
Badge in my throat
Clock in my skull
I sign my life
With a thumbprint dull
Glass tower mornings
My name erased
Smile for the camera
Keep up the pace
My hands know paper
My spine knows pain
I feed the machine
It feeds me shame
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear that door lock?
That's my cue
Another day
Owned by you
I keep my face
Like polished steel
But something in me
Wants to peel
[Chorus]
Night City, take me in
(ride me down)
Night City, skin and wire
(burn it out)
I was made to bend
I was made to crawl
But I still hear my name
Through the corporate wall
Night City, take me in
(ride me down)
Night City, skin and wire
(burn it out)
[Verse 2]
Penthouse windows
Rain on chrome
They call it progress
I call it home
A meal in foil
A sleep in pills
A voice on mute
To sign their wills
They dress me in
Their clean disguise
Then watch me work
With dead-eyed eyes
But in the cracks
Of every scan
I keep one spark
They can't command
[Pre-Chorus]
Hear that door lock?
That's my cue
Another day
Owned by you
I keep my face
Like polished steel
But something in me
Wants to peel
[Chorus]
Night City, take me in
(ride me down)
Night City, skin and wire
(burn it out)
I was made to bend
I was made to crawl
But I still hear my name
Through the corporate wall
Night City, take me in
(ride me down)
Night City, skin and wire
(burn it out)
[Bridge]
[Half-time drop]
I learned their codes
I learned their lies
I watched their saints
With vacant eyes
If I go down
Then I go loud
A broken girl
In a black glass crowd
So open wide
You polished cage
I'm not your pet
I'm not your wage
[Final Chorus]
Night City, take me in
(ride me down)
Night City, skin and wire
(burn it out)
I was made to bend
I was made to crawl
But I still hear my name
Through the corporate wall
Night City, take me in
(ride me down)
Night City, skin and wire
(burn it out)
Night City, hear me now
(I won't fold)
Night City, I'm alive
(blood and gold)
I was made to bend
I was made to crawl
But I spit back fire
At your corporate wall