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Re1nstall_0verture
03:56
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Connecting
04:53
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You play this part in fits and starts
Pay no attention to this masquerade
Hell what do they know-it's some name you made
Hopefully you'll find some refuge from yourself
And you know it's too much because you've had that blood rush in your head
And you just want to feel again
The trolls are out tonight-we'll raise hell again tonight-web weaved well again tonight
Why waste time putting up a fight connecting?
You just can't quit tonight-you are the shit tonight
Connecting for real-not projecting the ideal
A scofflaw but what did you steal?
Do you know the way to that place where they still touch and talk and feel and breathe?
Another day-a thought relayed
This is the moment you should not delay
A firewall that maybe should be raised-maybe we can find humanity again
There is no challenge hiding out beneath the fray
Can't feed this ego anymore
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Olympia
05:15
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Olympia was her name-with a pliable polymer frame
The cutting edge of design-the most promising of artificial minds
A companion without a need who would follow my every lead
And would always-always believe in me
Someone to understand-to share a life
Someone to help with journey that I'm on
Somebody who's always on hand-the perfect wife
A supermodel automaton-she's more than an automaton
About the third week or so I started to lose control
Olympia made demands just like anything else that is sentient
She figured out my deepest flaws-she wound me up like a machine
She would not be my toy-I'd be her human being
Someone to understand-and share a life
Someone to help with the journey that she's on
Not really the future I'd planned-an uphill climb
A high maintenance automaton-she's much more than an automaton
Why didn't I shut her down and why is she still around?
I guess I started to feel something toggled in my own programming
And when I think about what I've done and even more about what I have not
I seek forgiveness from Olympia
I'm learning to understand-to share a life
I finally see how I got it all wrong
I'm learning to become a man-with open eyes
And a man needs something more than just an automaton-much more than an automaton
Olympia
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Go far across the great ocean to a place somewhere on a remote island
There's a proving ground for a new society
Shareholders of a new mankind-while the end is coming for you by and by
Because the time has come to say goodbye
You'll never stem the tide-who can save us from ourselves?
Unless you've got a transcendent mind you don't have a future in our mankind because
The future doesn't need you at all
Unless you are living inside of my cloud I couldn't even help you if I wanted to now because
The future doesn't need you at all
Men at one with their technology were content to follow a pathology
Soon the world was reassembled for their code
Rhythms decided by their new machines with a vision surpassing all your darkest dreams
And while your best and brightest would save a few
We had a plan for these times-why hadn't you?
The march of progress fed by an appetite-a revolution-it cannot be mollified
There is no contest-no need to qualify foregone conclusions
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Unintended Consequence
03:34
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I'm an unintended consequence-the result of all your overconfidence
You're a victim of your own success
I'm the unintended consequence-I'm the cause of all your coming discontent
You can plan but you cannot prevent
Save your family from a shrinking universe-once the tipping has come there's no return
You've changed yourself to be what you've become
You'll change everything the sun
I'm an unintended consequence when the problem that you're facing is immense
And the solution that you implement backfires badly and leads to something worse
To the drawing board once more-and that's your curse
I'm an unintended consequence-the result of all your overconfidence
I'm the unintended consequence-I'm the cause of all your coming discontent
I'm the unintended consequence and there's no way to calculate the expense
Though you cannot predict when-there's gonna be an unintended consequence
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Perfect Babies
04:42
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Brochure babies strong and smart-custom features a la carte
Look here honey-let's leave nothing to fate
They'll soon be sending an insurance rebate
Now that it is incentivized, it's time for us to synthesize
The perfect baby-the perfect face
A perfect runner for the coming race
If we can foolproof operations and risky populations
No more undesirables-a cause for celebration
You've lovely blue eyes but your nose is wrong
My legs are sturdy but my feet are too long
Your mother's poor vision and my dad's aching back
And all up the tree-strokes and heart attacks
They'll redesign our DNA and mix it up to conjugate
Our children's lives could be enchanted
We owe them the advantage
Before they miss their chance in line we have an obligation
In such extraordinary times a parent sure is in a bind
You can't be sitting on a fence-fearing the unintended consequence
And soon the perfect generation will lead the strongest nation
It's us or them once again-a zero sum equation
Perfect babies
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Logical Conclusion
06:40
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And so said God "Let us make man in our image to rule the air and sea over all the earth and all its creatures moving on the ground"
The world is cruel-there is famine and disease and the elements too
We are at their mercy unless we bring Mother Nature to her knees
Why deny what we are? On the brink of a solution-a logical conclusion
The best and brightest-all consequence be damned-along with their disciples
they manipulate the tree of life to keep up with demand
True-only few can survive through the oncoming twilight
We only seek the better life we were promised.
Why did they all lie? We won't be denied-this is our time
Why deny? The more we fight it the more lose control
Our appetites are growing-we've been through this all before
Our expectations are the flaw-as we circumvent all of nature's laws
We will not stop until it's done-what kind of creatures have we become?
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Click Away!
15:27
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i. POSITIVE FEEDBACK LOOP (ONE CLICK AWAY)
Love, she said-you gotta put that stupid thing down
It's fucked with your head-it strips away your soul bit by bit
Your biases you hardly can control or even notice
A positive feedback loop's in place-where wounds are exposed-passions inflamed
with satisfaction just one click away
I can't leave my post for fear of missing out on something
I'm rapt or exposed-the content's free to get the best of me
I'll get my fix-a short-lived release-a rat in captivity-with a positive feedback loop engaged
I feel more alone with each friend I make
Rejection is just one click away
Comes the day when social media feels like a prison-that's when I tune out to take a pause
Well I've heard that they're working on an algorithm-guaranteed to subsidize my flaws
Link-Subscribe-Opt-in-to the data stream-Brand-Re-brand-Branch out-Work on networking
Turn on-Sign in and review-Exercise your voice-Re-share content-Advertise-Earn your bonus points
Don't you love me? Love me
ii. CLICK FARM
To satisfy the daily me-all the ads are customized-to all urges, quantified
The apogee of apathy-you must consider every trick to maintain your monthly clicks
When profits take a dive-your guestbook's looking dry-it's time to call the click farm
We simulate all day-fake traffic to your place-it may not help but it cannot harm
You know appearances count-with our little bitty clicks-build your little business
You're multi-national now-and you've got a little buzz on social media because
You'll have a million hits-now you look serious-and you can thank the Click Farm
We used to have a staff-well that's all in the past-we do it now with click bots
Thank you click farm-we can optimize your visibility
Thank you click farm-and soon you'll be a star
iii. ONLY LISTEN TO THIS SECTION IF YOU TRULY WANT WEALTH AND SECURITY
Now that we got you hooked, click to see your daily metrics in all their glory
You're part of something viral in an upward spiral like a multi-level marketing scheme
Refer a friend to us-become a shareholder-click here to spread the gospel
Connecting for real-projecting the ideal
Are you one of the cool, cool-hunters? Do you follow the cool, cool-hunters?
Now that we've got your number there are 5 things that you need to know-just click right here
You just won't believe the latest-time to show all the haters that you don't accept their message of fear
We'll find out how smart you are-share it with all your friends-click here first for registration
The house has the upper hand but winning's not the reason we play
Something clicks inside our heads and one to zero something we cannot control
But still you'll try to abstain and when you do I'm sure you'll tell us all
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9. |
Ones & Zeros
07:07
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Are you a one-are you a zero? Are you a yes or a no?
Are you a sheep-are you a hero stuck in a binary code?
Ones and zeros
Are you the past? Are you the future? Are you the body or mind?
Are you a cell? Are you a circuit? Are you the darkness or light?
Are you control or are you chaos? Are you alone or apart?
Are you for now? Are you forever? Are you the end or the start?
It's always been binary code
It's all we've ever known
We fall on a continuum
It's natural because that's part of who we are
It's always been binary code
For now and all tomorrows
From alpha to omega
It's natural because that's always how we thought
This magic's only ones and zeros
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