Vinyl cracked where elbows rest
Coffee stain on leather chest
Three AM the platform dies
Only code in glowing eyes
Chrome pupils scan the empty map
Data burns a silent gap
No train comes to break the spell
Just a ghost inside the shell
Fingers twitch on phantom keys
Decrypt the dark with practiced ease
Turnstile clicks but no one passes
Digital prints on shaded glasses
Chrome pupils scan the empty map
Data burns a silent gap
No train comes to break the spell
Just a ghost inside the shell
Rat drags crust near stainless steel
Netrunner doesn't blink or feel
Oculars pulse in soft blue rhythm
Hacking deep in the system
Chrome pupils scan the empty map
Data burns a silent gap
No train comes to break the spell
Just a ghost inside the shell
My bolts are loose my paint is peeling
Used to hear the lovers kneeling
Now just silence wire breath
Waiting for the morning breath
Signal spikes then falls to zero
Hero code or fallen hero
Bench just holds the weight awhile
Doesn't judge the file by file
Dawn leaks gray through grated glass
Moment breaks and shadows pass
Runner logs and fades to gray
Another shift another day
Chrome pupils scan the empty map
Data burns a silent gap
No train comes to break the spell
Just a ghost inside the shell
Chrome pupils watch the platform fade
Memory of the run he made
Coffee's cold on platform steel
Bench waits for the next meal
