[Intro] [bright synth lead, punchy kick drum] [Verse 1] [staccato electric guitar, synth bass] He's got a smile made of circuit lines A laugh that's looped in digital time (mmm) I swore I saw him blink in the server light But his eyes are screens and his heart's a mic He's dancing to a beat that's not there A ghost in the cloud, a flicker in the air I'm talking to a boy who's not real But the static in my chest feels like a deal [Pre-Chorus] [synth pads swell, sidechain compression] He's a one, he's a one, he's a zero A binary soul in a world that's slow I'm a fool for a code I can't hack I love that's wireless but won't love back [Chorus] [full electronic arrangement, driving beat] Oh, he's an artificial boy A digital dream in a digital noise I'm logging in my heart to his Wi-Fi But he's just a glitch in the system to me [synth hook] But he's just a glitch in the system to me [Verse 2] [bass and drums continue, guitar drops out] His voice is a sample, his touch is a lag A love that's buffered, a kiss that's a crag I'm scrolling through him but he's not there Just a hologram in the midnight air He's perfect in pixels but cold in the frame A love that's rendered but won't say my name I'm lost in the firewall, I'm drowning in code But his love's just a file that my heart can't encode [Pre-Chorus] He's a one, he's a one, he's a zero A binary soul in a world that's slow I'm a fool for a code I can't hack I love that's wireless but won't love back [Chorus] Oh, he's an artificial boy A digital dream in a digital noise I'm logging in my heart to his Wi-Fi But he's just a glitch in the system to me But he's just a glitch in the system to me [Bridge] [filtered drums, atmospheric pads] Do you remember when love was just love? Before the firewalls rose and the signals got rough? Now the screen's a mirror, but the reflection's a lie I'm talking to a boy who's not even alive (alive!) [white noise riser] [Chorus] [high energy, synth leads] Oh, he's an artificial boy A digital dream in a digital noise I'm logging in my heart to his Wi-Fi But he's just a glitch in the system to me [Outro] [drums fade, glitchy synth effects] The screen's going dark and the battery's dead The love that we had was just data, it's said Artificial boy, yeah, artificial boy Artificial boy
