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Manual Override

from Human Interface by Automatic Chance

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lyrics

Red alert! This is not a test
We bring it to you live on emergency broadcast
This just in: breaking news flash!
A firebomb leak posing danger to the masses
Wait! Wait! Don’t panic
A crackerjack team has been summoned
To the scene of the accident
They say it was a random attack
But come on now, kids. You know better than that
They found him in a suicide vest
They decided that sedation would be best
The psychoanalytical report read:
Prognosis insane, lack of moral support
Tick-tock telepathic, kinetic pornographic
Glued to the set, tooth and nail eating static
He’s gonna flip the switch, you cannot look away
Shaking with the pressure, eyes gone grey

Long ago, we were young and innocent
Far away from decay and decadence
Evil came in the form of instruction
Born of thirst and material seduction
Hostage heart, child of addiction
Fall to the spell of blind superstition
Sleep sweet sheep. Disregard belief
Bound by the need to acquire and keep

Damage control, this is Red Team One
Suspect is unstable and brandishing a gun
He appears to be armed with some inside knowledge
We may need an expert in rouge ideology

Stop the press, informant overload
Communications breakdown, play it back slow
We interrupt this telecast
With a message for the civil psychopath
What a mess, modern monochrome
City in the clouds, say it ain’t so
Incorporated holy man, valley of the damned
Loyalty on instant-queue, religion on demand
You saw it first on Channel 17
You read it later on a million tiny screens
Regurgitated, parsed and amended
Nicely filtered as the media intended
Fractal footage for an acclimated nation
At the mercy of the angle-down generation
Fully functional, ready to submit
Singularity is such a good fit

Red Team, this is Alpha Command
We’re gonna have an epidemic on our hands
It’s probably contagious
Do not give chase
Strap a gas mask on and return to base

In other news shares in avarice have soared
Securing futures for the fiscal feudal lords
Investors promise that conviction will return
But lucky for the public
There’s no cause for concern
Recent findings show a trend of moral deficit
Overshadowed by the growth of hive intelligence
According to authorities on post-synaptic spending
Recession-proof consists of endlessly pretending
The latest version of reality is out
And user agreement lets you fit in with the crowd
Quick-change artist infected bipartisan
Cast your vote, let the sickest and the smartest win
Let us distract--I mean inform you once again
That shit is going down, survival’s looking grim
A storm of misdirection is predicted in the forecast
Hypocrisy and tear gas will protect the upper class

credits

from Human Interface, released July 4, 2016
Music composed and arranged by Dan Butler

Lyrics written and performed by Heather Butler

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Automatic Chance Seattle, Washington

Formed in 2012, Automatic Chance is the collective force of Techno Mage and Cyber Witch.
The Mage's music is a maelstrom of pulsing waves drawing from chiptune, industrial, synthwave, and everything in between. The Witch proudly proclaims bleeding-edge lyrics which touch on computer sciences, basic human rights, science fiction, and the importance of personal freedom. ... more

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