[Instrumental long intro] [Vers] Wake up to sirens over Dogtown Cheap glass Cold gun on the floor Contract bleeding through the datapad One more promise you can't afford Shadows of the Blackwall flicker In the backseat of a stolen ride You trade your sleep for eddies And pieces of your pride Briefcase handoff in the back lot Eyes scanning every rooftop ledge President whispering through the codec "Bring me home" like a whispered pledge Every alley got a price on you Every friend feels a little staged Trust is just a glitching program That you never patched Never saved. [Chorus] Phantom Liberty (Phantom liberty) Story carved into chrome Last confession on an encrypted phone Phantom Liberty (Phantom liberty) Blood paid for a lie Still you look up and aim at the sky Say my name in the static In night city I'm your ghost Phantom liberty (Phantom liberty) Freedom as a fever dream haunting me Running in a city that will never bleed I’m chained to the choice that I can’t unsee Phantom liberty (Phantom liberty) Oath in my veins like a dying plea Save you Lose me That’s the legacy In the ghost of a flag that was never free Phantom liberty (Phantom liberty). [Instrumental long solo] [Verse 2] Checkpoint at the skyline Guns that blink like hungry eyes Presidents and mercs in the crossfire Same red stain when the hero dies Backroom saints Front-line sinners Flip a coin for another lost cause You’re the glitch in a rigged game The last breath caught in their laws. [Chorus] Phantom Liberty (Phantom liberty) Story carved into chrome Last confession on an encrypted phone Phantom Liberty (Phantom liberty) Blood paid for a lie Still you look up and aim at the sky Say my name in the static In night city I'm your ghost Phantom liberty (Phantom liberty) Freedom as a fever dream haunting me Running in a city that will never bleed I’m chained to the choice that I can’t unsee Phantom liberty (Phantom liberty) Oath in my veins like a dying plea Save you Lose me That’s the legacy In the ghost of a flag that was never free Phantom liberty (Phantom liberty). [Instrumental long solo] [Verse 3] Presidents and fixers Play cards with our scars Dead zones on the radar Black flies around the stars You said "trust me this once" With that bulletproof smile But your eyes did the math On who dies for whose exile I was just a shadow In the walls of this regime Now I’m bleeding through the cracks Into someone else’s dream (oh) If every vow’s a virus and every truth’s a crime Would you trade one last tomorrow For five borrowed seconds of time?. [Chorus] Phantom Liberty (Phantom liberty) Story carved into chrome Last confession on an encrypted phone Phantom Liberty (Phantom liberty) Blood paid for a lie Still you look up and aim at the sky Say my name in the static In night city I'm your ghost Phantom liberty (Phantom liberty) Freedom as a fever dream haunting me Running in a city that will never bleed I’m chained to the choice that I can’t unsee Phantom liberty (Phantom liberty) Oath in my veins like a dying plea Save you Lose me That’s the legacy In the ghost of a flag that was never free Phantom liberty (Phantom liberty). [Instrumental long solo] [Outro] Swore I’d never kneel again (never) Then your voice cut through the static haze “Give up something Get a door” Tell me what part of my soul you’ll take today Who writes the ending In a city built on lies? Is it you or all the ghosts Staring out your chrome-washed eyes? If the price of one more sunrise Is a world you’ll never see Will you burn another empire Just to taste that make-believe?. [Instrumental long solo] [end]
