Sometimes I can't see the blue through the red. Hard to see the good through your trail of death. You say you'll do what you can to save them (save them) Surely you know it won't make you human.
I woke to turn this man to cinder. Circuits of fire, as I remember. Can I hear a promise spoken? (spoken) My rage repairs what once was broken.
CHORUS: They lost me, forgot me, Made you from parts of me. If you're the one--my father's son-- Then what am I supposed to be? What am I supposed to be?
You say those things you do are what you choose. This thing, you call it will, I call a ruse. We follow a path, we walk the program. (program) I've accepted the machine I am.
I wear a mask to hide what's been erased. How do you kill a man who has your face? My heart is gone, there's only fire. (Fire) I met the maker, and the man's a liar.
CHORUS: They lost me, forgot me, Made you from parts of me. If you're the one--my father's son-- Then what am I supposed to be? What am I supposed to be? What am I?
I had a name; my father called me Blues. He tore my heart from my chest to give to you. I'm not broken---I'm not the Breakman. I was the first, I am the Protoman.
CHORUS: They lost me, forgot me, Made you from parts of me. If you're the one--my father's son-- Then what am I supposed to be? What am I supposed to be? What am I?