[Interviewer:]
So what happens now? When you can’t be human at work… where do you go?
Ian Blackman, You go out. You find a place where being a ghost is the point. You just… disappear into the noise.

[Verse 1]
They needed a ghost, so I gave them a phantom,
Show up, write the code, throw a quiet little tantrum.
But after I’m logged off, the true haunting begins,
Drowning out all their voices, absolving my sins.
In the strobe and the smoke, there’s no need to be perfect,
No one cares who you are, it’s a beautiful circus.
They wanted me silent, they wanted me gone,
So I found a new life from the dusk to the dawn.

[Chorus]
So I dance in the darkness, drink 'til I'm blind,
Anything just to leave this whole damn world behind!
The neon’s my sunlight, the bass is my pulse,
Living undead with no other results!

[Verse 2]
Found a new kind of channel, no password required,
Just a drink and a powder, gets my senses rewired.
These crowds on the dancefloor, they don't know my name,
Just another lost body in this beautiful game.
They can keep 'Inclusion Week,' with their posters and tags,
While I’m out here forgetting in smoke and torn bags.
This is my community, this is my sound,
The only real welcome that I’ve ever found.

[Outro]
[Ian Blackman:]
True inclusion… isn't a slogan… it’s… having your back… letting you be… human…

…human… hu-man… man… man…

[Outro 2]
Had to be flawless just to be accepted,
One tiny error, their whole theory perfected.
My white coworker could cruise and still feel fine,
But I had to break my body just to hold my own line.
Pushed myself harder, no room to be human,
No space for complaining, just keep on consuming
The pressure and silence, believing the dream,
Loved the work I was doing, the whole damn team.

[Chorus 2]
Am I just a ghost in the machine?
Writing code but I’m never truly seen.
Living life like a phantom on the screen,
Just a ghost in their perfect, cold machine.

The Interview (Part Three)

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