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Sweet Machines

from Intellectomy by Carbon Thief

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Every waking moment
Tethered to our sweet machines
Wire life-support
Umbilical that saps and feeds
Comfort from the static sounds
Hours drained into the screen
Burned into my tired mind
Ones and zeroes fill my dreams

Separated from the world
Voluntary isolation
Luminescence is a god
It kills all sense of trepidation
Kills all sense of anything
Lobotomies and mutilation
Blinded to the march of time
We settle into our sedation

Drained! Of creativity
Slaves! To our inactivity
Safe! In captivity
Mired in our dereliciton
Doomed to service our addiction

We worship at the alter
Of our electric kings
Be sure to never falter
Don't miss the next big thing
Stave off your obsolescense
Pursue that modern dream
Fade out, submit your senses
To our sweet machines

Living deep within our heads
Trapped in dream and fantasy
A program-perfect picture of
The way the the world can never be
Look outside and were surprised
What did we expect to see?
Go running to our motherboards
To hide from harsh reality

Made! To see what we can spend
Played! Into a hopeless trend
Trained! The cycle never ends
Were afflicted with an illness
Agents to the death of stillness

We worship at the alter
Of our electric kings
Be sure to never falter
You'll miss the next big thing
Stave off your obsolescense
Pursue that modern dream
Fade out, submit your senses
To our sweet machines

Pander on the showroom floor
Push the product out the door
A meaningless reiteration
Passed off as a fresh creation
Tired lies for naive eyes
A coat of paint, a bottom line
A lonely day, a lack of sleep
Aquire, retire, rinse repeat!

We worship at the alter
Of our electric kings
Be sure to never falter
Don't miss the next big thing
Stave off your obsolescense
Pursue that modern dream
Fade out, submit your senses
To our sweet machines

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from Intellectomy, released July 13, 2018

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