There Are Soulless People Outta There - 1989 - The Gone Kids

[verse] They smile with hollow teeth, their shadows don’t align. They trade your breath for silence, they sell you broken time. [pre-chorus – guitar feedback creeping in] Out on the sidewalks, their faces are masks. Out in the daylight, they choke on their tasks. [chorus – shouted, layered with echo] There are soulless people outta there, walking empty, unaware. There are soulless people outta there, breathing poison in the air. [verse – colder, more detached tone] They shake your hand but steal your spine, they write your death in dotted lines. Their words are coins, their tongues are knives, their veins are empty, yet alive. [chorus – repeat with heavier guitars] There are soulless people outta there, burning futures they won’t share. There are soulless people outta there, we can feel it, we can stare. [bridge – bass/drums only, spoken then screamed] They walk like us, but never bleed. They talk like us, but never need. [instrumental break – jagged guitars, noise rising] [chorus – elongated, screamed, atmospheric delay] There are soulless people outta there, we know their silence, we know their stare. [outro – whisper fading into feedback] Soulless… people… outta there.