The Trouble With Robots

1. Dopamine Slave

Bound by these chemical chains
I am a dopamine slave
One foot in hot water
And the other one in the grave

Must be the new abnormal
Too true to be good
"But, I can handle the truth," 
Said giant John to robbing the hood

Oh, something isn’t right
Something isn’t right
I feel it in my heart
Something isn’t right

Oh, something isn’t right
Something isn’t right
I feel it in my bones
Something isn’t right

Trapped in this alien brain
I am a dopamine slave
One eye on the lifeboat
And the other on a tidal wave

I am a dopamine slave
I am a dopamine slave

2. When Tomorrow Comes

I am but a man
You are a machine
WHEN TOMORROW COMES

We will be together
You and me forever
WHEN TOMORROW COMES

You supply the wi-fi
I provide the hi-fi
When tomorrow comes

HEADING FOR THE SCRAP HEAP
MAYBE WE COULD CHANGE YOU
NANOBOT INFUSION
FIND A WAY TO SAVE YOU

CARVING IN A STRAIGHT LINE
ROBOT WITH A SHARP KNIFE
BUT WHAT COULD BE MORE HUMAN
THAN BRINGING DREAMS TO LIFE? 

Self-repairing blood cells
Breathing underwater
WHEN TOMORROW COMES

Nothing to divide us
Connected deep inside us
When tomorrow comes

HEADING FOR TOMORROW
MAYBE WE COULD CHANGE YOU
NANOBOT INFUSION
FIND A WAY TO SAVE YOU

BUILD YOU FROM THE INSIDE
CLEAR YOU OF DELUSION
BRING YOU BACK TO LIFE
TO SEE THE REVOLUTION

WHEN TOMORROW COMES
WHEN TOMORROW COMES
COME
COME
WHEN TOMORROW COMES
COME
COME
WHEN TOMORROW COMES

3. Clear Head

Punishment for gluttons
Ointment for the fly
More buck for the bang
Storm of the eye
Let me be distracted
Forget that I was ever here
Let me be distracted
Until my head is clear

I STICK MY HEAD BENEATH THE SAND
REFUSE TO SEE WHAT IS TRUE
I WALK AWAY WITHOUT A CLUE
AND BOW MY HEAD TO YOU

The trouble with robots
Is that they are too
Much like me and you
Me and you
Let this be redacted
Forget what I have ever seen
Let this be redacted
Until my head is clean

I STICK MY HEAD BENEATH THE SAND
REFUSE TO SEE WHAT IS TRUE
I WALK AWAY WITHOUT A CLUE
AND BOW MY HEAD TO YOU

4. No Fly Zone

I used to be human
One heart, one brain
Two arms, two legs
Blood rushing through my veins

Such a limited child
Here, and then never seen
You could live forever
Trapped inside a tin machine

No
No fly
No fly zone
Please don't try this at home
Fill your eyes with silver dust and gold
I am so alone

I shouldn't take the bait
The lure of eternal life
The flesh that surrounds me
Was meant to live and die

Where's your sense of adventure? 
You could soar like a jet
Roam the clouds with the Titans
We’ll make a robot out of you yet

No
No fly
No fly zone
Please don't try this at home
Free your mind
Your cover has been blown
I am so alone
Alone
Alone
Alone

No
No fly
No fly zone
Please don't try this at home
Fill your yard
With pavers and headstones
I am so alone
Alone
Alone
Alone

5. Going Out Of Focus

YOU’RE GOING OUT OF FOCUS
YOU’RE GOING OUT OF FOCUS
YOU’RE GOING OUT OF FOCUS
YOU’RE GOING OUT OF FOCUS

EVERY DAY
The light is getting dimmer
EVERY DAY
The line becoming thinner
EVERY DAY
connection growing stronger
I CAN’T HOLD OUT
Can't hold out for longer

YOU’RE GOING OUT OF FOCUS
YOU’RE GOING OUT OF FOCUS
YOU’RE GOING OUT OF FOCUS
YOU’RE GOING OUT OF FOCUS

EVERY NIGHT
A vicious storm is blowing
EVERY NIGHT
Feel the pressure growing
EVERY NIGHT
the misery is crushing
IT’S ALRIGHT
I will remember nothing

DEEP INSIDE
machinery is lurking
DEEP INSIDE
Nanobots are working
DEEP INSIDE
Dna rewired
WE WILL RISE
together getting higher  

YOU’RE GOING OUT OF FOCUS
YOU’RE GOING OUT OF FOCUS
YOU’RE GOING OUT OF FOCUS
YOU’RE GOING OUT OF FOCUS

6. Not Of This World

Not of this world
Nothing I can recognize
Neither boy nor girl
Can’t see with human eyes

OUT OF THE DARK
OUT OF THE DEEPER REACHES
BUILDING A SPARK
BUT NOTHING TO PUT A FINGER ON

Not of this world
Nothing I can analyze
Neither flesh nor bone
No thoughts to crystallize

OUT OF THE NIGHT
OUT OF THE SMALLEST CORNER
LOSING MY SIGHT
STUCK ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE

OUT OF THE BLUE
OUT OF THE BACK OF MY MIND
SOMETHING TO PROVE
BUT NOTHING TO PUT A FINGER ON

You've got the right to get it wrong
To cut it short before too long
FASTER THAN THE EYE CAN SEE
BUT SLOWER THAN THE MIND BELIEVES

Not of this world
Nothing I can sanitize
Neither man nor tool
No pulp to pulverize

OUT OF THE BLACK
INTO THE LIGHT OF DAYTIME
MASSIVE ATTACK
ONLY A MATTER OF TIME

OUT OF THE DARK
INTO A WORDLESS NIGHTMARE
IN QUOTATION MARKS
BUT NOTHING TO PUT A FINGER ON

7. Future

You tell yourself that it's okay
Though you get in your own way
The weeks go by
You don't know why
You have no choice
You can't just see
You'd like to scream
In your loudest voice

Don't you want to? 
Don't you want to try? 
See the future
See the future’s light
Don't you want to? 
for the rest of your life

You're ready, set, and on the mark
You look ahead but it's too dark
The years go by
The pages fly
The story turns
You'd like to know
Where this could go
Your aching heart yearns

Don't you want to? 
Don't you want to try? 
See the future
See the future’s light
Don't you want to? 
For another night

Don't you want to? 
Don't you want to try? 
Don't you want to? 
As far as thoughts can fly

Don't you want to? 
Don't you want to try? 
See the future
See the future’s light
Don't you want to? 
The future's burning bright

8. Nothing Human

The girl with the gleam in her eye
Power pack strapped to her side
Tubes and wires inside
Nothing human left of her

The girl with the chip in her head
Power pack under the bed
Symbols on her letterhead
Nothing human left of her

THROW ME AT THE MERCY OF YOUR GOD
REVEL IN THE FALSEHOOD OF YOUR FRAUD
LET ME HEAR THE ANIMALS APPLAUD

Nothing human left of them
Nothing human

The girl with the curve in her hip
Speaks with sonorous blip
Let a calculation slip
Nothing human left of her

The girl with a fuse in her heart
Guaranteed to blow you apart
Real life is stranger than art
Nothing human left of her

DIP ME IN THE DARKNESS OF THE DEAD
TAKE ME WHERE THE AGITATORS TREAD
SHOW ME WHERE THE ASHES WILL BE SPREAD

Nothing human left of me
Nothing human

the girl with the glint in her smile
Always goes the extra mile
Coming and going with guile
Nothing human left of her

THROW ME AT THE MERCY OF YOUR GOD
REVEL IN THE FALSEHOOD OF YOUR FRAUD
LET ME HEAR THE ANIMALS APPLAUD

Nothing human left of us
Nothing human

9.  Distracted

The hero of many a well-fought bottle
Deeper than dinner with Aristotle

Grafting a very well paid boondoggle     
Many a neck I would like to throttle

My twopenny wouldn't stop on a dime
Hurry up and wait because you haven't got time

Flush in the red zone feeling hot flashes
Buried in the dirt and spreading all the ashes

Distracted
Distracted

Distracted
Distracted