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Ghosts in the Machine

Album 7: Step Outside, It’s Lovely

-Spoken Intro-

I found a machine today…

Still doin’ its job.

Didn’t ask who I was…

Didn’t ask where everyone went.

-Verse-

There’s a robot sweepin’ tile

In a lobby caved and torn,

Pushin’ dust in careful lines

Like the day the war was born.

Polished shoes that ain’t been worn,

Doors that never open wide—

Still it keeps the place in order

For a world that stepped outside.

-Chorus-

Oh the ghosts in the machine still hum,

Long after we are gone,

Lights still blink in empty rooms—

Like they’re waitin’ on someone.

-Verse-

Found a panel on the wall

Buzzin’ soft with colored light,

Every switch still labeled clean,

Every dial set just right.

I pressed one just to see—

Heard a distant engine wake…

Like I’d tapped a sleeping giant

By a long-forgotten mistake.

-Verse-

There’s a turret on a roof

Turnin’ slow against the sky,

Tracks the wind like it’s a threat

That keeps wanderin’ by.

Doesn’t fire, doesn’t speak,

Just remembers how to aim—

Guardin’ nothin’ but the echo

Of a long-erased name.

-Chorus-

Oh the ghosts in the machine still turn,

Every gear and wire in place,

Do they know we disappeared—

Or just carry on the trace?

-Verse-

Found a kitchen cold as stone,

But the stove still ticks with heat,

Timer blinkin’ patiently

For a meal we’ll never eat.

Plates all set, chairs pulled out,

Like someone stepped away—

Just to answer something urgent…

And got lost along the way.

-Verse-

There’s a voice inside a box

That still reads the morning news,

Talkin’ markets, talkin’ weather,

Talkin’ things we used to use.

Says the roads are runnin’ smooth,

Says the future’s lookin’ bright—

I just sit there in the silence

And let it be right.

-Chorus-

Oh the ghosts in the machine still speak,

Through the static and the glow,

Tellin’ stories of a world

That we’re too late to know.

-Bridge-

They don’t wonder…

They don’t change…

They don’t miss a single day.

Maybe…

That’s what we thought forever meant.

-Verse-

I found a suit that moves like breath,

Power hummin’ in its chest,

Stood there like it knew its job—

Just waitin’ for the rest.

I put my hand upon the steel,

Felt it answer back to mine…

Like it didn’t need a future—

Just a reason… just a sign.

-Chorus-

Oh the ghosts in the machine still glow,

In the dark where we once stood,

We were tryin’ to build forever—

Guess we almost understood.

-Outro-

Funny thing…

We we made them to outlive the world.

…Looks like they did.