[Intro] [acoustic guitar strumming, bass and drums enter] [Verse 1] [male vocals] Whole thin as a skinflint smile Chasing glimmers for a million miles Iron and copper holding the line Between the black and the things we find Got a belly full of cargo and a heart full of lead Living on the crumbs the alliance shed Dust on the boots, oil in the gray Just another day of outrunning the pain [Chorus] [distorted electric guitar enters] We're the ghost in the machine The ghost that the authority hasn't seen Through the void and the static and the cold We're the only ones the sky can't hold Go 'round the taxes, go 'round the law We're beautiful sparks in a world of flaw Keep her shiny, keep her fast In the verse where the outlaws last [guitar lead melody] Where the outlaws last [Verse 2] [acoustic guitar and bass continue] Remember the mud and the fire and the rain The blue hands coming to wash out the stain We wore the brown 'til the fabric turned black Now there ain't no trail that leads us back The rim is a desert with a neon sky Too stubborn to live and too mean to die Got the ghost of the war in the engine room Humming along to the rhythm of doom [Chorus] We're the ghost in the machine The ghost that the authority hasn't seen Through the void and the static and the cold We're the only ones the sky can't hold Go 'round the taxes, go 'round the law We're beautiful sparks in a world of flaw Keep her shiny, keep her fast In the verse where the outlaws last Where the outlaws last [Bridge] [drums drop out, atmospheric synth pads] [filtered vocals] Static on the wire, nowhere in the long Hanging on the edge where the world gets unstrung They're out in the black, they don't want your gold Just the me and the fire and the stories untold Don't breathe Don't speak [Chorus] [full band re-enters] We're the ghost in the machine The ghost that the authority hasn't seen Through the void and the static and the cold We're the only ones the sky can't hold Go 'round the taxes, go 'round the law We're beautiful sparks in a world of flaw Keep her shiny, keep her fast In the verse where the outlaws last Where the outlaws last [Outro] Just keep her flying, girl Shiny [acoustic guitar fades out]
