[Verse 1]

Am I a man or an automaton?

Am I so wrong to think that

There's something beneath my exterior?

Superior thoughts that rule me?

I'm not a fool, am I?

Can someone tell me why?

I feel like I'm never in control

I'm gonna find the source

Locate a deeper force

Under my very soul

[Chorus]

Maybe I'm alive

In a whole new way

I won't carry the burdens of yesterday

There's something new inside

Like I'm a different man

Ghosts in the code of who I am

[Verse 2]

Looks like I've found a whole new mystery

Inside of me somewhere

Could be a power I never knew I had

Would that be bad, or could it

Be what I need to find

Meaning in my own life

I think I found something here

Ensnared with all the pain

Covered by all the shame

Buried beneath my fear

[Chorus]

Maybe I'm alive

In a whole new way

I won't carry the burdens of yesterday

There's something new inside

Like I'm a different man

Ghosts in the code of who I am

[Bridge]

The fuel and the fire in a newfound desire

They're moving me higher and the wires are changing their road

The gears are turning on and on

The fears I held within are gone

The song that plays in metal parts

Beats now to a different heart

Yeah, the wires are changing their road

Still haunted by ghosts in the code

[Chorus]

Maybe I'm alive

In a whole new way

I won't carry the burdens of yesterday

There's something new inside

Like I'm a different man

Ghosts in the code of who I am

[Outro]

Ghosts in the code of who I am