[Intro] (A slow, cold synthesizer drone, a minimal electronic click-track enters, sounding very mechanical and distant) (Monotone voice) I am not here. This is not my face. [Male] [Verse 1] I’m floating near the lightbulb, looking down below Watching a stranger put on a pathetic show He moves his lips, he pretends to smile But he’s been dead inside for a long, long mile I’m detached from the wires, I’m out of my shell An astronaut trapped in a personal hell [Verse 2] I pinch my arm but I can't feel the skin I don't know where I end or where I begin A glass wall stands between the world and my face I’m a ghost drifting through time and space People talk to me but it’s just white noise I’ve lost my reflection, I’ve lost my voice [Pre-Chorus] (The music becomes slightly warmer but remains eerie and hollow) The world is a movie, and I am the seat A hollow illusion walking down the street I call out my name but it sounds like a lie A static transmission from a dead winter sky [Chorus] (The beat gets thicker, a beautiful but deeply sad melodic synth wave drops) (Fractured mirror! Fractured mirror!) Looking at a man who is getting no clearer! (Nobody home! Nobody home!) A marionette in the monochrome! I move my hands but they don't belong to me A prisoner of a blank reality! [Verse 3] Is this a dream or did I finally break? How many pieces of me does it take To build a real person, to make a real life? I’m cutting through the fog with a dull butter knife I want to wake up, I want to feel the ground But I’m a silent radio making no sound [Verse 4] They look at my eyes and they see a blank stare They think that I'm bored, but I'm just not there I’m fading away like an old photograph An empty echo of a forgotten laugh I need someone to shake me, to call out my name To pull me back into the physical frame [Bridge] (The music drops to just a sub-bass pulse, vocals sound vocoded/robotic) Am I alive...? (I don't know) Where did I go...? (Far below) I’m a passenger in my own mind Leaving the pieces of reality behind (Vocals lose the robotic effect, sounding desperate) Bring me back! [Chorus] (Full melodic industrial pop chorus) (Fractured mirror! Fractured mirror!) Looking at a man who is getting no clearer! (Nobody home! Nobody home!) A marionette in the monochrome! I move my hands but they don't belong to me A prisoner of a blank reality! [Outro] (The instruments fade into a low hum. The mechanical clicking from the intro remains) (Sound: The deep ticking of a clock) I am fading... I am a ghost. Please... someone look at me. Prove that I exist. (The clicking slows down and stops) [End]
