Lars Vemeer - Ghost Protocol Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Maya's pixels fade to static on my screen
Another failed connection, if you know what I mean
Your voice breaks up in bytes, distorted through the wire
While I'm crafting perfect posts to fuel this digital fire

[Pre-Chorus]
Three months deep in isolation
Perfecting my creation
Of who I want to be
When no one else can see

[Chorus]
I'm just a ghost in the protocol
Faking my way through it all
Screenshots and status updates
While my mind disintegrates
Digital mask won't fall
I'm just a ghost in the protocol

[Verse 2]
Viktor sent another voice note yesterday
I twisted every word until the meaning slipped away
Rotterdam rain against my window pane
While I'm engineering echoes of this f*cking game

[Bridge]
Your Zoom call froze at 2 AM
I watched your face stuck in a glitch
Pretty little lies in DMs
God, I'm getting f*cking sick
Of playing pretend
Of playing pretend

[Chorus]
I'm just a ghost in the protocol
Faking my way through it all
Screenshots and status updates
While my mind disintegrates
Digital mask won't fall
I'm just a ghost in the protocol

[Verse 3]
Maya, did you ever really see me?
Or just the carefully curated feed
Of who I claimed to be?
Every message calculated
Every response manipulated
Till nothing's left of me

[Outro]
Static fills my empty room
As connections fade to doom
I've become the very thing
I swore I'd never be
Just another ghost lost in the machine
Just another ghost lost in the machine