Ghost Promotions

[Verse 1] New title New badge on the door Polished name on a pixel screen All these updates All these upgrades Still the same old dream machine Late scroll Eyeballs aching blue I keep feeding this hungry feed If I stop If I log off What’s the thing under the need? [Chorus] Where am I hiding in hard work? Where am I running in plain sight? Stacking stars on my profile sky So I don’t ask why I’m alive at night (oh) Promoting this ghost of a perfect me So I don’t look straight at the dark I see Tell me, tell me What am I selling instead of being free? [Verse 2] New hobby Turned to side quest cash Metrics taped to a bathroom mirror Every laugh Filed and tagged So my doubt stays out of earshot, dear Shopping carts Full of future selves If I buy it, I can skip the choice Dress it up In the finest flex Drown the tremor in my voice [Chorus] Where am I hiding in hard work? Where am I running in plain sight? Stacking stars on my profile sky So I don’t ask why I’m alive at night (hey) Promoting this ghost of a perfect me So I don’t look straight at the dark I see Whisper, whisper What am I selling instead of being free? [Bridge] [Child chorus, soft, almost chanting] Is this you? Is this you? Or just costume over truth? [Male vocal, over them] New crisis To outrun the still Busy calendar, empty will If I stop If I stand still Do I want what I say I do? [Outro / Chorus] Where am I hiding in hard work? Kids sing back from the static air Every “look, I made it” flare Blinds my eyes to “do I care?” (oh yeah) Promoting this ghost of a perfect me ’Til the mask grows roots and I can’t break free Children echo “Are you you?” And the question’s all that’s left of me