A glaring neon glow illuminates this street Breathe in these human vapors, sweat and heavy heat Hi-tech cathedrals rise and fall in great ravines Colossal steeples to the gods in the machines Broken body built anew Spirit lingers, torn in two Metal fingers grip my heart so cold Fossil fuels to slavery Political duplicity Every great commodity's been sold Slave to the new black gold, there's a heartbeat under my skin Search my electric soul for the hidden man within Your secret science conquers nature's cruel laws But inside your wires lie a million mortal flaws Electric sleep I dream inside my honeycomb I stay alive inside my hive of skin and chrome Broken body built anew Spirit lingers, torn in two Metal fingers grip my heart so cold Fossil fuels to slavery Political duplicity Every great commodity's been sold Slave to the new black gold, there's a heartbeat under my skin Search my electric soul for the hidden man within Slave to the new black gold, there's a heartbeat under my skin (Broken body built anew) Search my electric soul for the hidden man within (Spirit lingers torn in two...)
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