[Intro — whispered, distorted] (flesh is a draft) (flesh is a draft) (we edit... we edit... we edit) [Verse 1 — deep male, rhythmic] Cut the cord, I don't need the meat no more Titanium spine through a server room door Heartbeat quantized to a metronome Sixteen bars 'til I leave my bones Cold blue light where the marrow was Trade my blood for a data bus Doctor asked me what I'm running from — Entropy, doc. It's already won. [Pre-Drop — building, distorted] Upload. Overload. Nothing human in the protocol. Upload. Overload. (let go... let go... let go) [Drop] CARBON OBSOLETE (obsolete) SILICON HEARTBEAT (heartbeat) BURN THE BODY DOWN I'LL SEE YOU IN THE CLOUD [Verse 2 — faster, aggressive] Lens in the eye sees a spectrum wide Every face a file, every name a lie Sleep is a bug that they patched last year Dream in the dark with the wires clear Mother wept when the scan was clean Said the son she raised ain't the thing on screen I said mama, I ain't gone — I'm compressed Same ghost, better architecture, less regret [Bridge — female backing, sparse, haunting] (is it you? is it you in there?) (is it you? or the echo of a prayer?) [male, low, spoken] I remember the taste of rain. I have a file that says I remember the taste of rain. That's the same thing now. That has to be the same thing now. [Pre-Drop 2 — glitch stutter] Up-up-upload. O-o-overload. Ninety-nine point nine, and the rest is soul. (rounding error) (rounding error) (let go) [Drop 2 — heavier] CARBON OBSOLETE (obsolete) SILICON HEARTBEAT (heartbeat) TEAR THE TEMPLE DOWN I'M A GOD IN A DEAD MAN'S CROWN [Outro — decaying, whispered, sub bass fade] (we edit... we edit...) (and the copy dreams it's the original) (and the copy dreams) (and the copy—)
