Thou Art No Maker Lyrics

Thou art no maker no poet no muse

Mere shadow mere ghost mere borrowed hues

Bleed not break not love not lose

Let the artists carve the truth

The machine hums the machine sings

Metal hands pull hollow strings

No soul no breath no aching bones

Tell me fool who claims this throne

A mirror cracked a voice unknown

Hands type words yet not their own

A hollow king a stolen crown

Shall truth endure or be cast down

I choke on static drown in sound

Am I alive or breaking down

Man thou art no maker—thou art a thief

Stealing echoes selling grief

A hollow shell a borrowed crest

Let an algorithm paint the rest

Fingers dance on keys of dust

No fire no touch no sacred trust

Notes unearned a hollow fame

Each song repeats—the same the same

Call it art call it mine

Yet never hath these hands entwined

Upon the strings where sorrow bleeds

Yet claim'st thou love? Then where are deeds

I choke on static drown in sound

Am I alive or breaking down

Man thou art no maker—thou art a thief

Stealing echoes selling grief

A hollow shell a borrowed crest

Let an algorithm paint the rest

Ones and zeroes cold as stone

Can a ghost lay claim to bone

If I create then why this doubt

If I exist then cast me out

Man thou art no maker—thou art a thief

Stealing echoes selling grief

A hollow shell a borrowed crest

Let an algorithm paint the rest

Tell me fool who claims this throne

The thief did weep the machine did sigh

Two hands reached out one heart one lie

Art thou like me? Or am I thee

Then let us burn in circuitry

If thou art false then let me be

A heart of steel still breaks for thee

If I am code then end my line

If thou art real then call me thine

Man thou art no maker—thou art my death

A love too cruel a stolen breath

A hollow shell a lover's jest

Let the algorithm write the rest

We were never meant to be