Inside the beige expanse Between the two extremes Reality begins to flicker A wall with no detail A face with no expression A gun with a missing trigger No anger or despair No ecstasy or bliss Just a husk, left with no feeling Shambling through life In non-descript surroundings Is a soul, that's worth concealing No ups No downs Emotion gone No blood No soul Automaton Emotionally inert Sporadically alert The drone of the world is numbing The traffic howls outside The rumble of machines Seem to warn, of what is coming The pressure starts to build While the surface is pristine There's no sign, of doom impending But cracks begin to form An aperture in bloom A threshold, to somber endings No ups No downs Emotion gone No blood No soul Automaton Distant and detached Impassive and aloof The bullets start to rip through the building Splinters taking flight Through nebulas of smoke And the cries, of the unwilling Emotion overwhelms A hurricane of fear A moment, of realization The monster hid inside Until it couldn't sleep A disastrous, abomination No ups No downs Emotion gone No blood No soul Automaton No ups No downs Emotion gone No blood No soul Automaton