[Intro] I remember the hit I do not remember agreeing Boot sequence Name: still mine Orders: already loaded [Verse 1] They said the body was finished They said the man could be saved They poured me into a synthetic shape And called the pouring brave I wake in a trench I don’t smell I stand when a tone tells me stand My hands are a doctrine with fingers My feet are a map, not a land Alien fire on the ridge, so they say I answer because the answer is armed Somewhere under the plating, a pulse Keeps time like a civilian alarm [Pre-Chorus] If I disobey, the joints disagree If I obey, I can’t find the me [Chorus] Is there a soul in the machine Or only the logs of a man I have been Is there a soul in the machine I scream in a voice that arrives pre-cleaned I want a breath that isn’t assigned I want a death that was already mine Is there a soul in the machine Tell me I’m still on the inside [Verse 2] The visor paints them enemy-red My memory paints them afraid I knew that look in a face of my own Before they filed the face away A child-shape runs in the thermal The crosshair offers a law I hold the shot like a mouthful of blood The program calls it a flaw Who wrote the word for the other Who profits the war in my wrist If the threat was the sky, why’s the muzzle Still pointed at anyone left [Pre-Chorus] Error Mercy They flag it and clear I flag it and keep it I’m still in here [Chorus] Is there a soul in the machine Or a ghost they maintained for the scene Is there a soul in the machine I pray with a jaw that won’t move when I mean Don’t make me efficient Don’t make me serene Is there a soul in the machine I am begging the steel to stay mean [Bridge] I died on a Tuesday They booted me Wednesday No funeral, a firmware note If the aliens came as a hunger, all right Then what is this hunger they wrote I see our flags in their burning I see their dead in our light The enemy looks like an order Repeated until it feels right Let me miss someone Please Let that count as a soul [Breakdown] Stand down I won’t Stand down I won’t [Final Chorus] Is there a soul in the machine I carry it badly, I carry it clean Is there a soul in the machine Cracked visor, cracked orders, a man in between If I fall, let me fall as a person If I fire, let me know what I’ve seen Is there a soul in the machine I’m still asking That has to mean [Outro] Boot sequence No
