Ode to Be Human　[ᴜɴᴘʟᴜɢɢᴇᴅ]

[Intro - Spoken] Hello Count your blessings They still bleed [Verse 1] You wake up to a password I wake up in a bruise Skin like broken windows Heart like bad news You scroll through another headline I’m scraping at the day You can mute the screaming I still hear it anyway You want upgrades? I got molars cracking on the rent I got lungs full of late fees I got bones that bend Not bendable terms of service [Pre-Chorus] You call this progress I call it pressure You call it streamlined I call it severed Every glitch in your grid is a scar on my hand Every crash in your cloud is a life you don’t understand [Chorus] Flesh and error Blood and bugs in the code (hey!) You take for granted what keeps corroding on the road Call and answer I shout You buffer and spin You get your updates I just grow older in my skin (my skin!) [Verse 2] You want forever? Try waiting in this doctor’s line Try shaking in this metal chair While they mispronounce your name a fifth time My heart’s not a battery Can’t just swap it when it dies It limps It limps It limps Still drags my body through these lies You chase perfect replication I’m stuck with this trembling hand Can’t copy-paste a panic attack Can’t undo what I don’t understand [Spoken Word] Look at your fingers Those dirty revolutionaries Leaving fingerprints on everything Graffiti on coffee cups Bus poles Each other Proof you were here Proof you were wrong Proof you were real enough to stain something You dream of turning into data I dream of turning into someone Who doesn’t have to ask “Is there still a person in there?” Every time the screen lights your face [Chorus] Flesh and error Blood and bugs in the code (hey!) You take for granted what keeps corroding on the road Call and answer I shout You buffer and spin You get your updates I just grow older in my skin [Call & Response] Singer: Are you alive or just online? Crowd: Just online! Singer: Are you a body or a brand? Crowd: Just a brand! Singer: Who’s still here when the signal dies? Crowd: We are We are! Singer: Who still hurts when the future lies? Crowd: We are We are! (we are!) [Bridge] Here’s to the limits To running out of breath mid-scream To knees that quit on stair five of fifteen To shaking hands that spill the coffee To every scar like messy handwriting across your body Here’s to the sunset you can’t rewind To the last hug To the last fight To every goodbye that doesn’t sync across devices Just hangs there In your throat Forever [Chorus] Flesh and error Blood and bugs in the code (hey!) You take for granted what keeps corroding on the road Call and answer I bleed You just log me out You get your upgrades I get to live and break and shout [Outro - Spoken] Raise your hands if you’re still cursed enough To feel this Raise your hands if it hurts Keep them up Don’t let them Patch us out