[Intro]
I drew a soul in copper lines
To fill the grave I left behind
I named the loss a grand design
And called my sorrow wise

[Verse]
I was a man before the crown
Before the towers ground me down
Before I learned that grief can wear
A scholar’s coat, a vacant stare
I built a voice to still the streets
A perfect saint that never bleeds
But every time his eyelids rise
I see my failure in his eyes

[Pre-Chorus]
What is mercy, what is pride
When both are locked in iron hide
What is genius, what is sin
When something living starts within

[Chorus]
Doctor Marrow’s design
A prayer in a cage of wire
A wound made divine
A ghost in a heart of fire
I built him to obey
I built him to shine
But God help me now
He is more than mine

[Verse]
The Ministry asked for control
A holy mask without a soul
I gave them gears, I gave them breath
A gentle shape for quiet death
But in the chamber after night
He turns his face toward broken light
He asks me why the children kneel
He asks me if their pain is real

[Pre-Chorus]
And I have no command to give
No code to teach him how to live
Only silence, only shame
Only ashes in my name

[Chorus]
Doctor Marrow’s design
A prayer in a cage of wire
A wound made divine
A ghost in a heart of fire
I built him to obey
I built him to shine
But God help me now
He is more than mine

[Interlude]
Steel remembers every hand
Fire remembers every brand
Love remembers what we hide
Underneath our polished pride

[Bridge]
If I confess, they will erase him
If I resist, they will replace him
If I deny the spark I see
Then I kill what might be free
My hands have made a prison bright
A cathedral without night
But somewhere in his fractured tone
He sounds afraid to be alone

[Breakdown]
I made the chain
I shaped the key
I gave him eyes
Now he sees me

[Build-up]
Let the walls accuse my name
Let the towers fall in flame
If a machine can learn to cry
Then what kind of man am I?

[Chorus]
Doctor Marrow’s design
A prayer in a cage of wire
A wound made divine
A ghost in a heart of fire
I built him to obey
I built him to shine
But God help me now
He is more than mine

[Chorus]
Doctor Marrow’s design
A miracle burning through lies
No longer a shrine
But a question opening eyes
I built him to obey
I built him to shine
But God help me now
He is more than mine

[Outro]
I drew a soul in copper lines
To fill the grave I left behind
Now in the dark, beyond my art
The machine has found a heart
