The Thing She Tried To Save - No Wire

Lyrics: The city doesn't sleep anymore Or maybe I don't Neon bleeds across my window I watch it crawl across the floor There's something moving in the hallway There's nothing there when I look twice I hear a voice behind the static But every room is empty tonight I haven't slept for seven nights I don't remember why I write the names across my wall Then watch the letters die People stare a little longer now Or maybe that's just me Their faces change when I look away Then come back differently Sometimes I raise my hands And they don't feel like mine Metal underneath the skin Something growing down the spine I know these streets I know these lights I know the sound of something wrong I know the numbers I know the signs But I don't know where I belong I REMEMBER THE FILE I DON'T REMEMBER THE DAY I REMEMBER THE NUMBER BUT I FORGOT THE NAME THE MEMORY IS PERFECT THE MEMORY IS WRONG I CAN HEAR THE SIGNAL BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER THE SONG Target moving on the corner Target standing by the door Target looking at me sideways Target— Nothing more I don't feel it when they fall I used to feel something before I remember how many shots I don't remember what they were for Three flashes Two reloads Seven bodies on the floor I remember every detail I just don't remember... ...who. The faces disappear Before the bodies hit the ground I see the movement first I never hear the sound I REMEMBER THE FILE I DON'T REMEMBER THE DAY I REMEMBER THE NUMBER BUT I FORGOT THE NAME THE MEMORY IS PERFECT THE MEMORY IS WRONG I CAN HEAR THE SIGNAL BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER THE SONG But sometimes... I smell her perfume In a room I've never seen I hear her voice Inside a broken machine There's a photograph With someone standing next to me I know the face I know the eyes But I don't know who I used to be She says my name She says it like she knows me And something underneath my skin Starts hurting when she holds me I don't understand the pain I don't understand the tears Why does one forgotten voice Feel louder than a thousand years? She told me I had enough She begged me not to install another one She said, "You're disappearing." I told her she was wrong. She held my hands She tried to calm me down She said, "Look at me." She said my name. She said— "You're still in there." I saw the fear inside her eyes A threat. I saw the movement of her hands A threat. I heard the tremor in her voice A threat. She stepped toward me— A target. She tried to hold me— A target. She tried to make me remember— I fired. One shot. Then another. Then nothing. I remember the file. I don't remember the day. I remember the weapon. I don't remember her face. But I remember her perfume! I remember her voice! I remember her hands! I remember her choice! She tried to save me! She tried to bring me back! She was the last thing human That I had left! I KILLED THE ONLY ONE WHO STILL SAW ME! I KILLED THE ONLY ONE WHO KNEW MY NAME! I REPLACED MY BODY TILL NOTHING WAS LEFT! I BUILT ALL THIS POWER AND LOST WHO I WAS! I AM THE TARGET! I AM THE MACHINE! I AM THE WEAPON! I AM THE THING SHE TRIED TO SAVE! I'M CYBERPSYCHOTIC! Original lyrics. All rights reserved. #cyberpunk #punkrock #nowire #punk #aimusic #edgerunners #cyberpunk2077 #cyberpunkedgerunners #industrialrock #alternativerock #scifi #rebellion