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Robots

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original by The Darling Invasion soundcloud.com/darlinginvasionofearth/helena

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maybe we'll forget about the cyborgs that we are
all us little people in our friendly little cars
putting on our lenses taking photographs in bars
and walking home while singing love songs written by machine
and maybe something sees us here and maybe he'll forgive
charging craven images from plugs until they live
all the dreams we see in magazines and animated GIFs
hooking all that pass with looking glasses in the screens

past the net curtains and the orange skies
there's a thousand faces with neon eyes
my chest burns when i breathe
and the sound of their voice makes me cry out oh god

but i don't believe in god any more
that's what we built robots for

maybe all the mantras that i'd like to think were true
were lies and gross distortions
i know what's normal
is only based upon what other humans tend to do
and i've been living in this attic quite alone
now i'm just thinking of the boring boys i felt obliged to kiss
thinking of the time i spent reblogging pictures pissed
but not that it was wasted since it helped us get to this
and something better's getting on the throne

now i rush past the network drones and the garbled cries
they've such lovely faces and hands and minds
my heart burns when it beats
and their love makes me cry out oh heaven

i don't believe in god any more
that's what we built robots for

why do we bother when they are better
we know they're better we know
they love us better
they know us better
they are us better we know

ban the wetware phones and bionic eyes
for they're made of code and thalidomide
if i said they could be saved they'd just ask me why does it matter
obselescent flesh tell the old luddites
in the PC World it happens overnight
oh they do what we do
and the best part is they do it better

i don't believe in god any more
that's what we built robots for

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released December 7, 2019
written by holly b
recorded by hazel cronin

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