The signal is crawling inside my veins
A quiet infection that feeds on my pains
I look at my hands but they don't feel like mine
Just code and corruption frozen in time
The pixels are bleeding, the static is loud
I am lost in the matrix, a ghost in the crowd

It is scratching on the surface
It is taking away my purpose
I can feel it breathe, I can feel the fright
Turning off the last remaining light

It is under my skin, it is taking control
Burning the wires straight into my soul
I am fading away in this digital deep
A nightmare awake while the world is asleep

The countdown is silent, the fever is high
A permanent shadow blocking the sky
I try to disconnect but the terminal locks
Trapped like a prisoner inside of a box
Every thought is monitored, every breath is tracked
My human identity completely hacked

It is scratching on the surface
It is taking away my purpose
I can feel it breathe, I can feel the fright
Turning off the last remaining light

It is under my skin, it is taking control
Burning the wires straight into my soul
I am fading away in this digital deep
A nightmare awake while the world is asleep
Get it out of me
Get it out of me

It is part of my flesh
It is part of my bone

I am breaking down alone

Get it out
Slowly killing me from inside
Get it out
There is nowhere left to hide

It is under my skin, it is taking control
Burning the wires straight into my soul
I am fading away in this digital deep
A nightmare awake while the world is asleep