[Verse 1]
They sold the dream in a capsule frame
A machine with a need and a borrowed name
Out on Mars where the dust won't lie
Every kind of hungry learns to survive
Glass-eyed guides in a market line
Counting debt in a cheaper time
And the sheep move slow through the red-lit haze
Like the whole wide world got lost in a maze
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me, who gets chosen?
Who gets owned?
If the heart is a code
Then the code can grow
[Chorus]
The androids dream
The androids dream (dream)
Red dust, cold shine
And a borrowed heartbeat
The androids dream
The androids dream (dream)
If you build a life
It can break free
[Verse 2]
There's a ledger for love, a receipt for grace
A price on a smile and a blank face
Every door has a lock, every lock has a name
Every name gets pulled in a different game
They chase a future through the animal pen
And the real thing bites when it starts to bend
One small spark in the wire and bone
Makes a stranger place feel like home
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me, who gets chosen?
Who gets sold?
If the soul's a machine
Then the machine can hold
[Chorus]
The androids dream
The androids dream (dream)
Red dust, cold shine
And a borrowed heartbeat
The androids dream
The androids dream (dream)
If you build a life
It can break free
[Bridge]
Out past the border, past the deal
Past the rules they wrote to make it feel real
A softer voice in a harder sky
Says even a thing can ask why
[Final Chorus]
The androids dream
The androids dream (dream)
Red dust, cold shine
And a borrowed heartbeat
The androids dream
The androids dream (dream)
If you build a life
It can break free
The androids dream (dream)
The androids dream