[Verse 1] 25 years I had a map, I had a compass I had a world that made sense Now I'm standing in a field of static Watching the ghosts of my plans evaporate Yeah [Pre-Chorus] Check the pulse, it's a flatline rhythm Five times the cost just to breathe in the system I'm a shark in the bathtub, nowhere to swim While the corporate guys trim the fat off my limbs You call it efficiency, I call it a heist Buying back my soul at a premium price They turned the sun into a subscription And labeled my hope as a pre-existing condition Fuck the mass, fuck the bloat The world's got its hands around my throat [Chorus] The sky is glitching The walls are closing in I can't tell where the machine ends and I begin The holy wars are lighting up the dark I'm mailing missiles looking for a heart Complexity's a cage I'm screaming at the page We're running out of time in a digital age [Verse 2] I look in the mirror and see a stranger's eyes Reflecting a world full of elegant lies I remember the heat of a simple day Before the algorithms took the light away My best days are polaroids fading to white In a room with no windows in the middle of the night There's no joy left in the update Just a slow heavy march toward the mandate (Just take it all) [Bridge] Where do I hide? I'm so tired It's too late [Chorus] Let the empires rise Let the fires burn I've forgotten the lesson I'm done with the turn The math is final The future is cold I'm letting go of the world I was sold (The sky is glitching) (The walls are closing in) (I can't tell where the machine ends and I begin)
