Packet Ghosts
Verse 1
No wires, no waves, just pockets full of light
I carry truth like contraband deep into the night
No towers blink, no signals flare
But knowledge rides the open air
A whisper in the code, a flicker in the mesh
Data hops from node to node like pulses under flesh
Pre-Chorus
They built a cage from cables, firewalls, and fear
But freedom’s got new sneakers and it’s nowhere near
We pass the torch by sneaker sole and signal breath
The message lives beyond their grasp, beyond their death
Chorus
We're the packet ghosts, we don’t need the net
Words ride Bluetooth veins, they ain’t caught us yet
From hand to hand, from phone to phone
We carve a path they’ve never known
Sneakernet saints, mesh-born flame
Truth finds routes without a name
No stream to block, no switch to throw
Just seeds in air, and roots below
Verse 2
I got a drive in my sock, and a plan in my head
Encrypted dreams that they thought were dead
Pass it at the station, drop it in a café
No signal, no trace, just flesh-and-bone relay
They monitor the lines, but not the street
Not the buzz of apps where rebels meet
I don’t scream, I sync and slide
Liberation’s in the payloads we hide
Pre-Chorus
Forget the cloud, we’ve got the crowd
A quiet swarm, unbound, unbowed
No port, no ping, no trace, no trail
We don’t fight fire - we ride the hail
Chorus
We're the packet ghosts, we don’t need the net
Words ride Bluetooth veins, they ain’t caught us yet
From hand to hand, from phone to phone
We carve a path they’ve never known
Sneakernet saints, mesh-born flame
Truth finds routes without a name
No stream to block, no switch to throw
Just seeds in air, and roots below
Bridge
No cloud to seize, no server to burn
No kill switch flips when the people learn
You silence speech, we change the route
The song still spreads, even if you shout
Not broadcast - burstcast
Each device a mast
Freedom ain't fast
But baby, it's built to last
Final Chorus
We’re the packet ghosts, we don’t need the net
Still spreading light while their tools reset
From soul to soul, from mind to mind
Truth’s not lost - it just declined
Sneakernet saints, mesh-born flame
Born anonymous, proud, untamed
No algorithm to cage our flow
Just people, fire, and things they’ll never know
Outro (spoken over static)
If you’re hearing this…
You're the network now.