WIRED ALIVE [Intro — analog synth pulse, tape flutter] [spoken] Do you hear that? Not the music. Under it. That’s the city thinking. [Verse 1] Rain on chrome Red on black Someone else's memory Crawling up my back Neon signs Know my name Every camera turns its head Before I cross the frame I hear your thought Before you speak Feel the current underneath Everybody in the street One more wire One more scar I don't know where I stop And the circuits start [Pre-Chorus] Static— Behind my eyes Static— Keeping me alive Hold on— Something's coming through Is that my voice... Or is that you? [Chorus] WIRED ALIVE WIRED ALIVE Neon ghosts keep me up all night Say my name Keep me in sight I'm still human underneath these lights WIRED ALIVE WIRED ALIVE Your thoughts keep bleeding into mine If I lose myself tonight— TURN ME UP DON'T TURN ME OFF I'M WIRED ALIVE [Verse 2] Black glass towers Electric rain Every stranger leaves Something in my brain Faces blur Signals burn Too many minds inside my head And nowhere left to turn They call it cyberpsychosis Like that makes it clean But every synthetic heartbeat Sounds more like me [Pre-Chorus] Static— Under my skin Static— Letting everybody in Hold on— I'm splitting into two One of me is Roxie... What's the other gonna do? [Chorus] WIRED ALIVE WIRED ALIVE Neon ghosts keep me up all night Say my name Keep me in sight I'm still human underneath these lights WIRED ALIVE WIRED ALIVE Your thoughts keep bleeding into mine If I lose myself tonight— TURN ME UP DON'T TURN ME OFF I'M WIRED ALIVE [Instrumental Break — phased electric piano, analog synth] [Bridge — heartbeat bass] I remember things I never lived I miss people I never knew I dream through somebody else's eyes Sometimes... They dream through mine too [whispered] Roxie... Roxie... [Lead] THAT'S MY NAME. Those are MY memories. GET OUT OF MY— HEAD! [Final Chorus] WIRED ALIVE WIRED ALIVE Neon ghosts screaming through the night SAY MY NAME KEEP ME IN SIGHT I'M STILL HUMAN I'M STILL ALIVE WIRED ALIVE WIRED ALIVE Let the whole damn network hear me fight If the machine comes for my mind— TURN ME UP DON'T TURN ME OFF I'M WIRED ALIVE [Outro — detuning analog synth] [softly] There's that sound again... [psychic whisper] Roxie. ...That wasn't me.
