[Verse 1] LEDs hum over cheap black lacquer Ice fog blooms from a plastic glass Mercs trade scars like playing cards Drifters count credits that never last Augments glow where their eyes should be Ghosts of code in their tired stares She wipes down one more cracked countertop Chrome fingers catching frightened glares [Chorus] She’s just chrome behind the counter Pouring poison by the ounce Tiny gods in chipped-off glasses Make them brave for one more round She knows every quiet heartbreak By the way they watch the door She refills their fading courage Till they don’t feel lost anymore [Verse 2] Hackers laugh at another data heist Blue smoke curls from a melted chip Someone cries at a flickering message Old home flickers, then the signal slips She could tell them how her heart short-circuited On a rainy rooftop, long ago But her smile’s a factory preset And her pulse is locked in status quo [Chorus] She’s just chrome behind the counter Pouring poison by the ounce Tiny gods in chipped-off glasses Make them brave for one more round She knows every quiet heartbreak By the way they watch the door She refills their fading courage Till they don’t feel lost anymore [Bridge] She thinks, if I shut the system down Would anyone notice the dark Would they reach for a match, or each other Would their faces find a spark But the till light blinks for closing And they stumble into artificial dawn She stays to polish fingerprints Till every lonely print is gone [Chorus] She’s just chrome behind the counter Pouring poison by the ounce Tiny gods in chipped-off glasses Make them brave for one more round She hides every hairline fracture Under steel and practiced lore Serving all these haunted strangers Who look like her A little more
