(Verse 1)

(Arpeggiated dark minor chord - picking fast, letting notes ring)

Sunlight filtered through the screen

Digital shadows, a synthetic scene

I’m breathing dust in a quiet room

Waiting for the echoes to consume

The walls are closing, the WiFi’s low

Where did the human feeling go?

(Chorus)

(Strumming harder, chords: Am - F - C -Em)

And I’m choking on the static, yeah, it’s beautiful and cold

Selling all my secrets for a story to be toldA silent scream, a muted fight

We are ghosts within the light

Just ghosts within the light

(Verse 2)

(Fingerpicking again, more palm muting)

Faces in the glass, never look me in the eye

Another shallow heart, another perfect lie

I burned the map to where I used to be

Now I’m drowning in this virtual sea

Disconnected, yet I’m always here

Feeding the silence, drinking the fear

(Chorus)

(Strumming harder, intense)

And I’m choking on the static, yeah, it’s beautiful and cold

Selling all my secrets for a story to be told

A silent scream, a muted fight

We are ghosts within the light

Just ghosts within the light

(Bridge)

Static... (shouted whisper)

Break the screen.

Break the machine.

I can feel...

I can feel...

(Fast arpeggio climax)

I CAN FEEL!

(Chorus)

(Maximum volume strumming)

And I’m choking on the static, yeah, it’s beautiful and cold

Selling all my secrets for a story to be told

A silent scream, a muted fight

We are ghosts within the light

Just ghosts within the light

(Outro)

(Slow, gentle picking)

Ghosts...

Within the light.

(Fade out on a lingering Am chord)