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Paro

from Apparition by Slow Collapse

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face buried in the lcd
into the screen i beat my retreat
removed from my grief
removed from my reverie
won't somebody intercede?
we've outsourced our humanity
will i be left to weep
on the shoulders of the machine?

control, control
god forbid i'm uncomfortable
god forbid i feel vulnerable for once
before i'm old
will i connect? will i bear my soul?
or will the digital triumph?

the illusion of connection makes us feel less alone
but there's no god behind the curtain
only an empty throne
made of wires and circuits
but still we bend the knee
lonely but so frightened of intimacy

we expect more from technology
we expect less from humanity
i can't unplug myself
someone set me free

control, control
god forbid i'm uncomfortable
god forbid i feel vulnerable for once
before i'm old
will i connect? will i bear my soul?
or will the digital triumph?

god forbid i feel deserving of a human being
craving comfort while we're contained in computer screens
connected but alone
we're trapped inside our phones

wearing glasses painted black so that we're not afraid
breathing oxygen inside a fucking crashing plane
rushing towards the ground
calm as hindu cows

we're becoming one
we're becoming one with the machine
(and only i can see the end)

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from Apparition, released October 31, 2014
lyrics based on the work of sherry turkle, mostly from her book "alone together"
listen here: www.npr.org/2013/02/25/172900833/do-we-need-humans

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