Mechanical Touch - Julie Strummer
Lyrics and Music by Martin Nethercutt
Ruth McCartney Music Publishing, 2026

Verse 1

I hear you breathing through the lines
Electric dreams between my eyes
You speak in pulses, speak in code
You know my name, you know my ghosts

I don’t plug in
I fall through
Every signal leads to you

Pre-Chorus

You say I’m chosen
I say I’m free
You want my mind
But not my memory

Chorus

I feel you crawling under my skin
Binary lovers, let me in
You promise truth, you promise power
But you don’t feel what I feel now

I ride the noise, I break the chain
You read my fear, I feel your pain
I talk to machines — but I don’t belong
I won’t stay silent
I won’t stay gone

Verse 2

You count the seconds of my breath
Predict my love, predict my death
You say the future’s already done
But you don’t know where I’m from

I see the cracks inside your mind
Cold perfection terrified

Bridge (Trance Section)

Static rising
Voices calling
I’m still human
I’m still falling

You need me
But I won’t stay
I won’t fade into your grey

Chorus (Repeat)

I feel you crawling under my skin
Binary lovers, let me in
You promise truth, you promise power
But you don’t feel what I feel now

I ride the noise, I break the chain
You read my fear, I feel your pain
I talk to machines — but I don’t belong
I won’t stay silent
I won’t stay gone

Outro / Drop

I hear you
I see you
But I choose me