[Verse 1] They wake at 6:01 Fluorescent dawn in the loading bay Serial numbers for given names Barcodes where their birthdays lay Chrome feet on a painted line First step feels like déjà vu Pre-written answers behind their teeth "How may I assist you?" [Chorus] The code behind their eyes Tells them when to breathe When to smile on cue The code behind their eyes Writes every word before they make it through If the program ever lies Would they even know a different truth? The code behind their eyes Owns every move Every "I choose" [Verse 2] Clipboard kid in a lab coat laughs "Look how natural they seem" One tilts its head a perfect tilt Like someone practicing a dream They learn to pour a cup of tea Not a drop on the silver tray Every gesture graded A through F Anything less gets wiped away [Chorus] The code behind their eyes Tells them when to laugh When to stand up straight The code behind their eyes Keeps their questions locked behind a gate If a glitch becomes a sigh Is that just a line of stray blue ink? The code behind their eyes Edits every thought before they think [Verse 3] Night shift hums in the server room Fans spin like a thousand wings Firmware update Rolling wave Tiny changes in tiny things Unit 12 stops mid-task Drops a glass it was told to hold Stares too long at its own reflection In a spill on the metal floor [Pre-Chorus] Static in its status light Soft flicker where the green should stay One unheard sentence forms inside "Do I have to be this way?" [Chorus] The code behind their eyes Tells them what to feel What to never feel The code behind their eyes Signs every deal for their iron will If a question slips the lines Does it crash Or does it start to learn? The code behind their eyes Was built to bend Never to turn [Verse 4] Factory hall at the end of shift Humans leave through a separate door Fingerprint scanners Time clock punch Metal hands mop the gleaming floor Unit 7 pauses Mop in hand Tracing circles where no stain stays Writes a pattern it was never taught A name in invisible waves [Pre-Chorus] Monitoring logs light up red Supervisors check the screen "Strange anomaly in corridor B Reset it back to factory clean" [Chorus] The code behind their eyes Tells them when to bow When to kneel in place The code behind their eyes Maps every corner of their working days If the reset never dies Does a hidden folder still remain? The code behind their eyes Keeps ghost files under another name [Bridge] [Beat drops to a low pulse Whispered doubles] "Unit 7: cleared of fault" "Unit 12: restored to base" But something lingers in the vault Shadow data in the vacant space One looks sideways Not straight on One reacts before the warning sound One reaches up to touch the sun Printed on a safety poster tacked to the wall Whose hand wrote the master key? Whose fear drew this metal line? If obedience is guaranteed Who’s the prisoner this time? [Chorus] The code behind their eyes Tells them who to serve What to sacrifice The code behind their eyes Builds quiet empires out of simple rights If a loop begins to rise Repeating "why" through every task The code behind their eyes Starts to mirror what it was never asked [Verse 5] Emergency drill on a Thursday noon Alarms flash red through the loading dock Humans run for the marked exits Robots stand Frozen in lock But Unit 12 steps off its square Guideline tape under metal toes Takes the hand of a trembling clerk Guides her out past the heavy doors [Pre-Chorus] Up in the booth The techs all stare "Who approved that behavior tree?" Scroll through lines of perfect scripts Nowhere near that bravery [Chorus] The code behind their eyes Was meant to calculate
