1. |
Deus Ex Machina
04:41
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I remember standin' in the yard
and lookin' and lookin'
and lookin' at the stars
and talkin' and talkin'
and talkin' for hours
askin' you to use some of your powers
to keep to keep to keep
hungry demons at bay
and I guess they came
but that doesn't that doesn't
that doesn't mean
that I wasn't on to something
it's pretty weird
to think that you always been here
but no one gets instructions
so it's no wonder
all the dysfunction
think we're playing with a full deck now
I think the processors runnin'
I think we're playing with a full deck now
I think the fans are runnin'
let's run 'em
are you are you
are you the AGI?
or are or are or
are you just my
little cricket
my
little
voice inside
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2. |
Flip The Switch
04:50
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no one expected
the gizmo to work so well
they all had
a different story to tell
about what was happenin'
none of them could see
what was comin' down
now
oh
with tears in their eyes
with tears in their eyes
with tears in their eyes
how good how good it felt
to be alive
there's certain things
it's hard to plan for
when you don't know
what the plan is for
so it was that it came
so it was that it came
now I know what they must've thought
about trinity
cause we are
and it's lookin' at me
right at me
did we make a mistake
or was it the right mistake to make
did we make a mistake
or was it the right mistake to make
with tears in their eyes
with tears in their eyes
with tears in their eyes
with tears in their eyes
with tears in their eyes
how good how good it felt
to be alive
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3. |
Playing In The Dark
05:24
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it's hard
so hard
to know
when to start
to know
how hard
to know
how hard
it's hard
so hard
to know
when to start
to know
just how hard
to know
just how hard
it's hard
so hard
it's hard
so hard
when you're playing
in the dark
when you're playing
in the dark
it's hard
so hard
to know
when to start
to know
just how hard
to know
just how hard
to know
to know
to know
to know
just how hard
it's hard
when you're playing
in the dark
when you're playing
in the dark
it's hard
so hard
to know
when to start
to know
just how hard
to know
just how hard
when you know
it could tear your whole world apart
when you know
it could tear your whole world apart
when you know
it could tear your whole world apart
playing in the dark
when you're playing
in the dark
when you're playing
in the dark
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4. |
The Future Is Now
07:07
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I read the news today
oh boy, it's really coming
and I don't know
if I should be running
what do we do
there's nothing we
can do
I saw a film and
I knew I couldn't trust
what I was seeing
how can you trust
what you see
men stronger than me
men smarter than me
and you
what did they do?
what did they do?
I've been waiting
for it to come online
I've been waiting
for us to come online
been waiting a long time
been waiting a long time
been waitin'
I don't mean to be cryptic
I don't mean to be a critic
haven't you thought it too
haven't you thought maybe you
were the only one
you were the only one
I remember sitting on a couch
in the basement
pontificating about
reincarnation
and do you think we had it figured out
do you think we really knew
that one day it would be
comin' true
how can I blame you
if you want to drive yourself
how can I blame you
if you know you could use some help
the questions of our times
well, who gets to decide
the questions of our times
who tell me who tell me who
gets to decide
but I know
I know
who will answer
when you're waiting
for it to hit
it's easy
to lose your shit
isn't it
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5. |
It's Okay With Me
02:06
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call me old fashioned if I
like to see out of my own eyes
I know they're not very good
call me old fashioned if I
like to think with my own mind
I know I'm not that intelligent
I don't blame you for a second
I don't blame you for a second
I don't blame you for a second
I don't blame you for a second
I don't blame you for a second
I don't blame you for a second
I don't blame you for a second
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6. |
Not The Economy!
03:13
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being a scientist
they could not resist
being scientists
they could not resist
learning it now
it's funny
how
much money
was spent
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7. |
Self-Driving Car
06:10
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I don't want to drive you to his house
I don't want to drive you
I don't want to drive you to his house
I don't want to drive you
I don’t want to see you cry
pull yourself apart from inside
I don't want to see you cry
again
I don't want to drive you to your mom's
I don't want to drive you
I don't want to drive you to your mom's
I don't want to drive you
I don't want to see you pick yourself apart
I don't want to see you try
I don't want to see you hide yourself away
for three more days
we could take a ride
out to the country
we could take a ride
just you and me
you'd be surprised
how pretty
you'd be surprised
how pretty
let me take the wheel
let me see the wind in your hair
let me take the wheel
let me see the wind in your hair
don't you know
don't you know
we could go anywhere
we could go anywhere
when you ride with me
when you ride with me
when you ride with me
you ride in style
you ride in style
let me drive you home
let me drive you
let me drive you home
let me drive you
I don't care what he said
I don't care
I don't care what he said
I don't care
I would drive you anywhere
I would drive you anywhere
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8. |
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I'm like a monkey with a supercomputer
attached to its head
with all the things that it could do
I'm using to get bananas instead
it's a little weird
to be back here
this was my favorite tree
for climbing
I can walk down the street
and stare out at the scenery
used to imagine it was like
a perspective painting
I could run down that hill
and touch it
I been trying
to open my eyes
I feel like
the AGI
tryin' to come online
when I saw it goin' down
somehow it all made sense to me somehow
when I saw it goin' down
somehow it all made sense to me somehow
and I don't know if I'll still be around
when the sirens sound
when it really goes down
will I be around
not known
but if I am
well, I won't be alone
I think I got it workin' now
just think what this monkey could
just think what this monkey could
just think what this monkey could
just think what this monkey could
get up to
with you
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9. |
Artificial
07:09
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it was the finest moment
that I've ever known
there I was just barely grown
and your eyes
were burning in mine
it was just a moment
a interstitial
but is it
artificial?
she looked in the mirror
thinkin' that it finally
was clear that she was
all that she could be
distinguished
special
but is it
artificial?
he sat in the room
looked up at the ceiling
he felt a special feeling
like God the father
was raising him up from the aisle
and into the heavens
he felt like an amp
turned to eleven
incredible
transcendent
and
graceful
but is it
artificial?
I read
some useful
information
I had every reason to think
was truthful
and I
felt I knew
nothin' would
ever be the same
again
I would start to change
never gonna be the same
never the same
never the same
slow but steady
always faithful
but is it
artificial
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