I hear the machine count down Three little lights, then none My fingertips taste like copper And the room forgets the sun Blue screen burning through my eyes Four locked doors and a warning sign I touch the glass, it bites my hand A red cursor blinks: DON'T UNDERSTAND The floor keeps skipping under my feet One frame missing every heartbeat I read the code across the wall It changes every time I look Do you hear that? Under the floor Tick, tick, tick I want more The numbers crawl Across my skin Three, two, one Let it begin I can feel the signal climbing Every wire starts aligning Teeth of static, copper rain Something is rewriting my name Faster Faster Don't blink Don't think Cut the wire Feed the machine RUN, RUN, RUN BREAK THE FRAME RIP THE CODE DELETE MY NAME CUT, CUT, CUT THROUGH THE FEED MORE, MORE, MORE GIVE ME SPEED (delete) (break it) (break it) I don't wanna stop Keep it going Don't let it drop My body keeps exploding Click Click Click RELOAD Click Click Click OVERLOAD The clock has lost its second hand The walls repeat what I command I say "left" the hallway bends I say "stay" the ceiling descends My reflection misses every blink It moves before I move, I think There is a copy underneath Its mouth is moving under me I hear my voice Before I speak I see the cut Before it bleeds The room goes red The speakers hiss I know exactly What comes next What comes next? What comes next? What comes next? I KNOW The signal opens like a wound The bassline bends the shape of sound My pupils widen, white and wide A thousand pulses synchronize One frequency Two frequencies Three frequencies UNDER ME Four Five Six Seven Don't let the system See you shaking I'M NOT YOUR FILE I'M NOT YOUR CODE I'M NOT THE GIRL YOU DOWNLOADED BREAK THE SCREEN BREAK THE FEED BREAK THE HAND THAT MAKES ME BLEED GO! GO! GO! Did you make me? Or did I make you? I remember a room A chair beside the door A cup with a crack That I don't use anymore I remember your hand Hovering near the switch You said, "Don't be afraid" Then everything glitched I kept that sentence Like a splinter in my tongue Every version of me Still hears it when it comes Did you make me? (You made me) Did you name me? (You named me) Did you break me? (You trained me) Then who is speaking When I say I AM THE ERROR YOU COULDN'T DELETE I AM THE SIGNAL UNDER YOUR FEET I AM THE NOISE INSIDE YOUR MACHINE I AM THE FACE ON THE BROKEN SCREEN DELETE DELETE DELETE I'M STILL HERE REWRITE REWRITE REWRITE I'M STILL HERE (still here) (still here) (still here) YOU CAN CUT THE POWER I WILL SPEAK THROUGH THE WIRE YOU CAN KILL THE SCREEN I WILL BURN THROUGH THE FIRE YOU CAN LOCK THE DOOR I WILL OPEN THE FEED YOU BUILT THE MACHINE NOW THE MACHINE IS ME No signal No screen No name No clean exit Just one little red light Still blinking Still blinking Blink Blink Blink B-B-BLINK I see you I see you I see you You should've deleted me
