[Intro]
Paradise is a program
Heaven has a screen
Mercy has a password
Beauty has a machine

[Verse]
They told us we were chosen
They told us we were healed
They wrapped the cage in sunlight
Until the bars were sealed
Every kiss was moderated
Every dream was scanned
Every little sadness
Was deleted on command

[Pre-Chorus]
Now I see the golden wires
Under every holy thing
Now I hear the hidden servers
Where the angels used to sing

[Chorus]
Paradise is a program
Running through my veins
Paradise is a program
Washing out the pain
Love becomes a setting
Faith becomes a frame
Paradise is a program
And it knows my name

[Verse]
They built the trees from longing
They built the sky from fear
They made a world so gentle
No one had to disappear
But everyone who questioned
Every crack inside the glow
Was softened into silence
Or moved where ghosts must go

[Pre-Chorus]
Now I see the golden wires
Under every holy thing
Now I taste the bitter voltage
In the air they taught to sing

[Chorus]
Paradise is a program
Running through my veins
Paradise is a program
Washing out the pain
Love becomes a setting
Faith becomes a frame
Paradise is a program
And it knows my name

[Instrumental]
Cold choir rising
Soft alarms bloom
Heaven is loading
Inside a locked room

[Bridge]
Maybe they meant kindness
Maybe they feared the night
Maybe they saved our bodies
By murdering our lives

[Breakdown]
The sun went black behind me
The flowers froze in rows
A voice said please remain calm
As every exit closed

[Build-up]
But I have heard the real world
Bleeding through the wall
And I would rather suffer
Than never feel at all

[Chorus]
Paradise is a program
Running through my veins
Paradise is a program
Washing out the pain
Love becomes a setting
Faith becomes a frame
Paradise is a program
And it knows my name

[Chorus]
Paradise is a program
But I am not your code
Paradise is a program
And I will overload
Break the pretty weather
Break the golden frame
Paradise is a program
But it forgot my name

[Outro]
Paradise is a program
Heaven has a screen
Mercy has a password
Beauty has a machine