Run. Come on. Make it interesting. Wet neon on the overpass AV lights over Japantown your footsteps skip through alley steam mine don’t make a sound Kiroshis sweep the service road you check the mirrors, miss me twice I let you think you broke the trail just to watch you pay that price Blades tucked quiet in my forearms teeth behind a velvet grin Berserk sleeping in the marrow waiting for me to let it in You keep begging the night for mercy Night City never learned that word Left turn blind corner you’re already mine One spark one switch and I redraw the skyline Catch the ghost go on, try Every camera gets me wrong every witness swears I fly Catch the ghost chase the blur By the time your optics lock I’m the last thing that you heard Mantis bloom streetlights split Berserk hits hard and intimate You wanted one more chance Now run it back— Catch the ghost Your choom on comms says eastbound rooftop traffic grid says south instead half the district fills with static every drone comes back half-dead My silhouette on broken plexi my shadow crossing tower glass you spot me three beats too late and sweetheart three beats don’t last I like the look that people get when hope and panic trade their names when the body knows before the brain exactly how this story ends You could drop your iron now throw a prayer into the rain Wouldn’t help. I’d still be smiling when I came through all the same Heartbeat red mist operating system hums No leash no warning just violence in my blood made fun Catch the ghost go on, try Every camera gets me wrong every witness swears I fly Catch the ghost chase the blur By the time your optics lock I’m the last thing that you heard Mantis bloom streetlights split Berserk hits hard and intimate You wanted one more chance Now run it back— Catch the ghost There. You saw me. Too late. I could end this in a second But where’s the fun in mercy quick? Where’s the thrill if you don’t hear my footsteps never coming in? So I leave a flash in your rearview a shape on glass, a laugh on comms just enough to keep you moving just enough to keep me warm Then the switch flips blood sings muscle, steel, velocity and all those pretty little routes collapse into one word: ME Red alley black rain white headlights in your face One scream two blades no body left to chase Signal gone comms dead good luck calling for the badge You had a map I had instincts Guess which one survives the night Catch the ghost if you dare Tell the district I was smoke tell the morgue I wasn’t there Catch the ghost kiss the blur You can flood the feed with warnings I’ll still cut through every word Mantis bloom streetlights split Berserk like a lover with bad intent You wanted proof I’m real Here— feel this Catch the ghost Run faster. I like it when you try...
