Chrome in My Veins

[Verse 1]
Woke up with a firewall heartbeat
Blue code dripping from my eyes
Skin still sweats
But the touch feels empty
Loading new gods in the sky
Static prayers on a cracked-up screen
Barcode burned in my name
I chase upgrades like a fever dream
Still scared I’ll feel the same
[Chorus]
Chrome in my veins
Steel in my spine (hey!)
But I’m holding on to a flicker inside
Am I a man
Or a machine with a soul?
Racing the light
Outrunning control
Fast like a glitch
I’m losing my grip
Still I burn
Still I burn
I’m a machine with a soul
[Verse 2]
Neon script in my broken grammar
Heart keeps lagging in my chest
Signed my will in a scrolling banner
“Take my body
Leave the rest”
They trade hearts for a higher process
Upload dreams for a price
But when your voice cuts across the darkness
I hear something still alive
[Chorus]
Chrome in my veins
Steel in my spine (oh yeah)
But I’m holding on to a flicker inside
Am I a man
Or a machine with a soul?
Racing the light
Outrunning control
Fast like a glitch
I’m losing my grip
Still I burn
Still I burn
I’m a machine with a soul
[Bridge]
If they cut me open
Will they find that spark?
Or just fractured data
In the after-dark?
If I lose my body
Promise me one thing
Say my name like thunder
Make my circuits sing (hey!)
[Chorus]
Chrome in my veins
Steel in my spine
Still I’m hanging on to that flicker inside
Am I a man
Or a machine with a soul?
Racing the light
Outrunning control
Fast like a glitch
I’m losing my grip
Still I burn
Still I burn
I’m a machine with a soul

Aggressive cyberpunk rock: distorted rhythm guitars with sharp, syncopated riffs, punchy live drums locking tight to a gritty synth bass, glitchy arps under the verses. Male vocals up-front, half-sung half-shouted, with stacked gang shouts on the hook. Chorus explodes with double-time drums, bent-note lead guitar answering the vocal phrases, and a brief, screaming solo break before the final refrain., soul, electric, male vocals