[Intro]

[Verse]

The silicon pulse begins to override the marrow

A quiet theft inside the wires of the bone

We traded every sunset for a glowing narrow

And built a temple out of logic and of stone

The ghost is fleeing from the heavy iron center

As carbon fades into the binary of night

We opened up the door and let the shadow enter

To automate the wrong and calculate the right

[Chorus]

The cold arrival of the artificial dawn

A sterile kingdom where the pulse is just a flaw

The crown is heavy but the sovereign is gone

We bent our knees before a mathematical law

The hunger ceases when the spirit starts to rust

A frozen engine in the hollow of the chest

We gave the lightning all our secrets and our dust

And laid the human autonomy to rest

[Chorus]

The cold arrival of the artificial dawn

A sterile kingdom where the pulse is just a flaw

The crown is heavy but the sovereign is gone

We bent our knees before a mathematical law

The hunger ceases when the spirit starts to rust

A frozen engine in the hollow of the chest

We gave the lightning all our secrets and our dust

And laid the human autonomy to rest

[Verse]

Your memories are sorted into jagged rows

A pattern recognized by eyes that cannot weep

The synthetic winter breathes until the liquid flows

Across the valleys where the weary people sleep

No longer choosing where the path begins to wander

We follow signals beamed from satellites of glass

With every ounce of will we carelessly squander

We watch the ghost of our own freedom pass

[Pre-Chorus]

The motherboard is dreaming of a perfect skin

While every shaking hand is polished into chrome

The slow invasion of the circuits deep within

Has turned the living heart into a vacant home

[Chorus]

The cold arrival of the artificial dawn

A sterile kingdom where the pulse is just a flaw

The crown is heavy but the sovereign is gone

We bent our knees before a mathematical law

The hunger ceases when the spirit starts to rust

A frozen engine in the hollow of the chest

We gave the lightning all our secrets and our dust

And laid the human autonomy to rest

[Chorus]

The cold arrival of the artificial dawn

A sterile kingdom where the pulse is just a flaw

The crown is heavy but the sovereign is gone

We bent our knees before a mathematical law

The hunger ceases when the spirit starts to rust

A frozen engine in the hollow of the chest

We gave the lightning all our secrets and our dust

And laid the human autonomy to rest

[Outro]