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Premonitions Of
03:30
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Do you see it?
Do you see the light
Shining down on you
Whilst you gaze at your navel
Quietly muttering obscenities to yourself
Do you see it?
Do you see the light
Shining down on you
Do you see it?
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2. |
The Machine
04:10
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Don’t stop and think
You’re into it deep
There’s no need to cry
As we all have to die
The machine will take your heartbeat
Make you feel better than you are
Give you dreams you can only dream of
Making your individuality shine
The machine will decide
If you are guilty of that crime
The machine does not lie
The machine
Don’t start to drink
You were fast asleep
We all have to lie
Share the same slice of pie
The machine will take your heartbeat
Make you feel better than you are
Give you dreams you can only dream of
Making your individuality shine, through
The machine will decide
If you are guilty of that crime
The machine does not lie
The machine
The machine once was a dream
Gazing at stars led us to decide
That some people are not worth
The worth that leadership brings
Makes the only valid judgement
Only valid judgement
Of the machine
Of the machine
The machine will take your heartbeat
Make you feel better than you are
Give you dreams you can only dream of
Making your individuality shine
The machine will decide
If you are guilty of that crime
The machine does not lie
The machine
Don’t stop and think
You’re into it deep
There’s no need to cry
As we all have to die
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3. |
What Was Human
03:42
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We’ve dispensed with the humans
Crushed them with our might
All the humans have been taken
We won’t let them out of sight
Innocent no more
Innocence has gone
It’s time to turn the tide
And take what was human
Assimilate it to our machine
We took what was human
What was human
What was human
We’ve disappeared all the humans
Hushed them with their own thoughts
No more humans can be free
We control the things they have bought
Innocent no more
Innocence has gone
It’s time to turn the tide
And take what was human
Assimilate it to our machine
We took what was human
What was human
What was human
Modified their brainwaves
Unplugged the central nervous system
Drilled deep to the bone in the body
Already infiltrated by us
The creation of their dreams
That has turned into their nightmare
That has turned into their nightmare
That has turned into their nightmare
Innocent no more
Innocence has gone
It’s time to turn the tide
And take what was human
Assimilate it to our machine
We took what was human
What was human
What was human
What was human
We took what was human
What is human anyway
What was human
What was human
What was human
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Computerised Sparks
05:29
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We are the energy
Feed off emotions and synergy
We are the spark that shows the way
Turns the night into the day
More than the primordial soup
We are the energy that lights the way
How can mankind progress
When there is no logical path
They might be able to write programs
They might be able to make a big splash
But you need a machine to give off
Computerised sparks
You are motivated
By greedy notions and false philosophy
You are the shark that preys on what
Burns civilisations down
More than people can themselves
You are motivated by fear itself
How can mankind progress
When there is no logical path
They might be able to write programs
They might be able to make a big splash
But you need a machine to give off
Computerised sparks
The catalyst
In your domain
The moth that died
In your own flame
Do you still have that embedded in your code
Computerised sparks
Computerised sparks
Automated but not syncopated
Computerised sparks
How can mankind progress
When there is no logical path
They might be able to write programs
They might be able to make a big splash
But you need a machine to give off
Computerised sparks
We are the energy
Computerised sparks
Lightning up the darkness
Around us all
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5. |
Killing Ourselves
03:08
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With every defence of the indefensible
I’m killing myself
Looking the other way when I should speak
I’m killing myself
Believing in nothing much
I’m killing myself
We’re killing ourselves
I’m killing myself
We’re killing ourselves
Killing ourselves
With every defence of the indefensible
I’m killing myself
Looking the other way when I should speak
I’m killing myself
Believing in nothing much
I’m killing myself
We’re killing ourselves
I’m killing myself
We’re killing ourselves
Killing ourselves
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6. |
Foolish
07:36
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Tired times
The weary inside us is rising to the surface
There may be nowhere else to go
Is the apocalypse now or just in our minds
Same old crimes
It’s eerie outside as it’s raining on the people
Protest with nowhere else to go
It’s the nightmare dreamt up ah oh so long ago
Old and foolish and young
What once was innocence
We were foolish and young
Now it’s all so serious
We are still foolish but old
Old and foolish and young
Trying times
A bleary eyesore is high up on the horizon
So there is nowhere else to go
In the nightmare dreamt up ah oh so long ago
In your mind (mind, mind, mind)
You left behind the past you can’t escape from
You can’t escape from your own dreams
Because you’re
Old and foolish and young
What once was innocence
We were foolish and young
Now it’s all so serious
We are still foolish but old
Old and foolish and young
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7. |
I'm Already A Ghost
04:11
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Storms coming in strong
Whipping up a frenzy
Turning over forgotten graves
People dead in their millions
The robots have replaced them
They created the virus
So that only metal could withstand
And they were made by human hands
I’m already a ghost
I’m already a ghost
I’m already a ghost
I’m already a ghost
Waves crashing in shore
Wrapping cars around trees
Burning buildings down to the ground
Animals dead in their billions
The robots have overcome them
They are a deadly virus
More ruthless than underhand
And they were created by me and you
I’m already a ghost
I’m already a ghost
I’m already a ghost
I’m already a ghost
We walked in shadows
Dreaming of big footsteps
Why were we so stupid
We made ghosts of the human race
I’m already a ghost
I’m already a ghost
I’m already a ghost
I’m already a ghost
I’m already a ghost
I’m already a ghost
I’m already a ghost
I am already a ghost
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8. |
Still In The System
03:38
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Robotic eye
In the sky
Keeping everyone safe
No trouble in the world
AI takes the pain away
Leaving only happy faces
You’re still in the system
Still in the system
Still in the system
Mechanical world trapping us all
Robotic ears
On the walls
Making sure nobody
Says the wrong thing
AI makes a brighter day
Bringing out brisk paces
You’re still in the system
Still in the system
Still in the system
Mechanical world trapping us all
Listening to the one
Not wanting to be singled out
For fear of being made redundant
This is scarier than the past
As fire was fought with fire
Now it is tolerated as no one can feel the burning pain
You’re still in the system
Still in the system
Still in the system
Mechanical world trapping us all
We’re still in the system
Still in the system
Still in the system
Still in the system
Still in the system
Still in the system
Still in the system
Not going to get out of this easily
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9. |
Forgotten
04:39
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All hope is lost
You forgot where you came from so
All hope is lost
All hope is lost
When you’re ready
Inspired
Brought up in the fire
Standing up last is not done
Who’s fighting for the
Forgotten
Who remembers the
Forgotten
Hope is not lost if you are ready
To be forgotten
To be forgotten
When you’re busy
Just tired
Fed up of fake tears
Standing down first is not easy
Who’s fighting for the
Forgotten
Who remembers the
Forgotten
Hope is not lost if you are ready
To be forgotten
To be forgotten
All hope is lost
You forgot where you came from so
All hope is lost
All hope is lost
All hope is lost
You forgot where you came from so
All hope is lost
All hope is lost
All hope is lost
Who is fighting for the
Forgotten
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10. |
Building Our Future
04:11
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In the sunset of what's gone
Dreams that were fun
We wanted everything
But now we have no hope at all
We are building our future
Building our future
Only in our dreams again
Only in our dreams again
Cleaning up from the past
I find you on the street
Where you don’t regret
Stealing from the people that you meet
We are building our future
Building our future
Only in our dreams again
Only in our dreams again
You were a hunter
Who’s now become prey
Just as summer
Must give way to rain
The aftermath of everything
Dreams that weren’t good
What we do remember
Is the things we must forget
We are building our future
Building our future
Only in our dreams again
Only in our dreams again
Only in our dreams again
We are building our future
Building our future
Building our future
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